World Famous Comics: Dominic D. DeNiro The Pentagon Wars
Dominic D. DeNiro The Pentagon Wars
Starring: Sam Anderson, Beau Billingslea, Viola Davis, Dominic D. DeNiro, Olympia Dukakis Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 31, 2005 Running Time: 104 minutes Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1998
Product Description: From the director of ' 'Made In America' ' and ' 'The Money Pit' ' comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the B.F.V. There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.Running Time: 104 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 026359147227
Pentagon Wars It is so funny its hard to believe that it could be true. Kelsey Grammer is the spitting image of so many of todays upper management. As the old saying goes," s--- rises". The bad part is that so many beleive they are really doing something good. For any past military veteran this movie will bring back nightmares and funy moments in your careers. The scene about the test using the armory door was so true. So what about the results of the test, who is going to buy the new door? A perfect example of S.N.A.F.U.
Sad but True This movie makes fun of how the US Military acquires weapons systems and takes a serious and boring subject and makes us laugh. Sadly, the message is true that the goverment wastes taxpayer money and compromise our technology edge by bogging down the process and spend too much time worrying about the politics of building something rather than the actual building of it. As a bonus, we get to see Charlie Murphy, so you can't go wrong.
Pentagon Wars This movie is funny if your interested in a comedy this is a fabulous movie to watch.
Funny, but not funny like it looks on the cover I find it faintly amusing and more than a bit chilling that this movie is clearly being marketed as a wacky Army satire which has the small advantage of being, y'know, true. The story is about the almost incredibly prolonged and massively costly development of the not-very-good Bradley fighting vehicle. It's not as much of a deathtrap as a Humm-Vee, but it still cost far too much money to develop, and the end result is the product of a series of compromises designed to fit the whims of whichever bunch of generals happened to be responsible for deciding what it should be for at any given time.
The Bradley is in service in Iraq and the best thing that can be said about it is that in the first Gulf War, it destroyed more Iraqi armoured vehicles than the M1A1 Abrams main battle tank - which in turn doesn't say very much for the Abrams. In the current war, it has proven to be vulnerable to guerrilla tactics, such as attacks by individuals armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers. It is not nearly as good as it could have been, and this film is an only lightly fictionalised version of how American soldiers came to be going into battle in an expensive and not very good vehicle. (Compare the Israeli Merkava tank, designed with the emphasis not on lots of groovy features but on crew survivability.)
It's a funny film, with fine work by Cary Elwes and a pre-West Wing Richard Schiff, with also some top-grade scenery chewing by Kelsey Grammar. But it's also depressing. Military incompetence is alive and well, and it's dwelling at the heart of the US military right now. (What else explains the design of the Bradley and also the planning and initial execution of the war in Iraq?)
Sad but true Watch out America, here comes the Pentagon. True story of one man's fight (Cary Elwes)portraying a loyal and efficient Lt Colonel of the Air Force against the hard driving antics of a Major General of the Army (Kelsey Grammar). The poor Colonel trying desperately to stop the production of the Bradley Fighting vehicle before it went into production. The saga is lighthearted with both comedic as well as the stark reality of men as expendable. This story is true; sorry to say that the ambition of some against the safety of the men who would be in the Bradley. The frying of sheep to prove that a direct hit would kill all those inside blunted by those who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth behind the tests. You find yourself shaking your head in disbelief. That this could happen is comical yet tragic. Kelsey Grammar is excellent in this role and you will find yourself cheering for the underdog Cary Elwes. A must see for those who want the truth.
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