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Shock and Awe is a 2017 American drama film starring and directed by Rob Reiner and written by Joey Hartstone. The film also stars Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, James Marsden, Milla Jovovich, and Jessica Biel, and follows a group of journalists at Knight Ridder's Washington Bureau who investigate the rationale behind the Bush Administration's then-impending 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- Barry Markowitz
- Rob Reiner
- Joey Hartstone
Jul 20, 2018 · Shock and Awe: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones. A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Rob Reiner
- 2018-07-20
Jul 13, 2018 · Though the subject is indeed important, the filmmaking here is so pedestrian, flat-footed and overly-obvious as to leave “Shock and Awe” one of those second-rate dramatic movies that make you wish that it had been a top-notch documentary instead. The film opens with a young, wheelchair-bound African-American veteran (Luke Tennie) testifying ...
Shock and Awe. In 2003, the White House administration made a case for the invasion of Iraq. The facts didn't add up, and only one team of journalists got the story right. Shock and Awe is the true story of these journalists, and what it is like to hunt for the truth when the stakes are life, death, and American democracy. Rentals include 30 ...
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Jul 13, 2018 · Shock and Awe has a worthy story to tell and some fine actors trying to bring it to life; unfortunately, the end results are still as derivative as they are dramatically inert. In 2003, as the ...