Yet another movie about the Middle East ("Turaqistan"? Really?), but this one's a comedy. And it stars both Cusacks, which always used to mean the movie would be at least a little charming. But then Dan Aykroyd appears, and things go decidedly downhill. Because, have you ever liked Dan Aykroyd? Even in movies that I liked that he was in, I've never really liked him. After all, he is to blame for the Stay Puft marshmallow man. I guess that's actually a good thing, but I still didn't like his character all that much. Anyway, I digress. Back to War, Inc.: Aykroyd sends John Cusack to Turaqistan under cover as a "trade show producer." He is greeted by Joan Cusack (clearly not his sister in this movie), who is working to radically Americanize Turaqistan. She's trying to democratize the country in all the wrong ways (creating a Britney-type pop star, for example, played by Hilary Duff), of course, completely befuddling poor, perpetually confused Marisa Tomei, who appears to be helping John Cusack with something. It all looks silly and mostly stupid, and then Ben Kingsley shows up and makes me wonder if he just wandered onto the wrong movie set one day. Is he old enough that that's excusable? I certainly hope he wasn't in this movie on purpose. It's no Ghandi. It's not even House of Sand and Fog.

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