John Cusack Premiers Anti-War Movie Complete With Chorus Line of Scantily Clad Female Amputees....

Hollywood douchebaggery hits a new high.....

John Cusack is outraged over the Iraq war, so the U.S. actor channeled his anger into a low-budget political satire -- complete with a chorus line of scantily clad female amputees -- that he hopes will offend.

Inspired by anger about the war and questions about the political power held by global corporations, "War, Inc" is set in Turaqistan, a fictional nation occupied by a private U.S. company called Tamerlane and run by a former American vice president.

Cusack helped write the screenplay and also stars with Sir Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei and Hilary Duff in the film, which premiered this week at New York's Tribeca Film Festival alongside several more serious documentaries on Iraq and other conflicts.

"I think the movie should be kind of offensive," Cusack told Reuters about the film, which will be released in New York and Los Angeles theaters on May 23. "I'm shocked at how much good reaction we're getting."

In the movie, Cusack plays a hit man hired by Tamerlane to assassinate a Middle Eastern oil minister who plans to lay an oil pipeline through Turaqistan, thwarting the company's plan for sole proprietorship of the country.

"(The movie) was just a reaction to the war and all the insanity behind using the 9/11 attacks to make an imperial land grab in the Middle East," he said. "We really wanted to channel our outrage a little bit into something creative."

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Comments

[Elric66]

Another boycotted Hollyweird actor

[Daddy-O]

I will never see "Better Off Dead" with the same eyes again.

[ZIP]

Such an awesome movie, Probably my favoirte 80's movies.

[atheling]

I pretty much have written off Hollywood. I rarely go to the movies (though the last one I saw was Ben Stein's Expelled) and I don't give a rat's ass about the personal lives of these idiots. When they open their mouths it just confirms why I wouldn't care if that part of California broke off and sank into the Pacific.

[Modgi]

*Adds Hillary Duff to list of actors my daughters wont be watching anymore*

[Daddy-O]

Favorite 80's movie? For me it's "Valley Girl".
Nick Cage, who's unwatchable now, was great in that.