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War Machine (2017)

★ 5.6 · 1,228 ratings on TMDB

We're gonna liberate the sh** out of you.

War Machine poster★ 5.6

A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.

DirectorDavid Michôd
CastAlan Ruck, Anthony Hayes, Anthony Michael Hall, Aymen Hamdouchi, Brad Pitt, Daniel Betts
GenresComedy, Drama, War
The emergence reading

War Machine keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Shared director or cast.

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