Netflix continue to go from strength to strength with their line-up of original content that shows no signs of stopping with their latest effort, War Machine, drawing Brad Pitt into their extended family – and the new trailer for the upcoming comedy has just been released which you can view below.
Pitt is arguably the biggest star to grace an original film for the streaming service and with it comes enormous expectations but if you look at the cast joining the Inglourious Basterds lead for the film it looks like it could be their biggest success to date.
Tilda Swinton (Okja), RJ Cyler (Power Rangers), Will Poulter (We’re The Millers), Emory Cohen (Brooklyn), Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out), Topher Grace (Truth), Scoot McNairy (Aftermath) and Sir Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) are just some of the members of the incredible ensemble led by acclaimed filmmaker David Michod (The Rover). The film is based on the New York Times Bestseller non-fiction book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan
Here;s the film’s official synopsis:
In a film for our times, writer-director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) recreates a U.S. General’s roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody – raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an anti-establishment, pro-soldier exploration in the form of an absurdist war story of a born leader’s ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly. At the story’s core is Brad Pitt’s sly take on a successful, charismatic four-star general who leapt in like a rock star to command NATO forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by his own hubris and a journalist’s no-holds-barred expose. War Machine addresses the debt we owe to soldiers to question the purposes to which they are being directed.
War Machine is available on Netflix on May 26th.
