W.M.D.

W.M.D.
Directed by Richard Halpern
Produced by
Written by Mike Le, Ian Truitner
Starring
Music by Roman Kovalik
Cinematography Kevin Burke
Edited by Julien Roussel
Production
company
Thousand Mile Media
Distributed by Indican Pictures
Release date
  • May 23, 2013 (2013-05-23) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16)
Running time
 81 minutes
Country United States
Language English

W.M.D. is an American war drama/comedy produced by Jeffrey S. Magnussen, Ian Truitner and Richard Halpern, written by Mike Le and Ian Truitner and directed by Richard Halpern. The film stars Tom Kiesche, John Posey, Weetus Cren, Leila Birch, John Brickner and Kate Mines[1][2].

Plot

The Iraq War remains one of the most controversial U.S. overseas engagements of past 30 years. The instability it wrought on the region gave rise to ISIS and a host of other problems to Iraq and surrounding countries. And yet the primary rationales for going to war-- WMDs and Saddam Hussein's links to Al Qaeda, have been proven false. Streets across America now have an endemic problem of veterans with PTSD, leading to violence, suicide and homelessness.

In an alternate 2007 reality, a group of disgruntled soldiers stationed in Iraq kidnap the visiting U.S. President, and interrogate him using the same techniques they were trained to inflict on Hussein's old cohorts and other terror 'suspects'. Their purpose is to extract from the president the real reasons for the Iraq invasion, as they know by now the stated reasons were bogus. The soldiers have a very limited amount of time to complete this fateful mission though, as the full force of the United States military is deployed to extract the President from captivity no matter what the cost.

Release

The film premiered in 2013 at Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival and was distributed by Indican Pictures in 2015[3].

Cast

  • Tom Kiesche as Captain Hank Garrison
  • John Posey as The President
  • Weetus Cren as Sergeant Downy
  • Leila Birch as Melody Stone
  • John Brickner as Private First Class Riggs
  • Kate Mines as Alexandra Tartakoff
  • Jeff Prewett as Agent Stenson
  • Ahmed Best as News Reporter
  • Jeff Prewett as Agent Stenson
  • Chris Torres as Steve
  • Roy Abramsohn as Artichoke Anchor
  • Victoria Barabas as Shawn Sanders
  • Albert Kuo as Some Guy
  • Darrell Britt-Gibson as Other Guy
  • Mark Chaet as Francis McCarthy
  • Scott Hoxby as Whit Whitley
  • T.W. Leshner as Darrell
  • Anastasia Roussel as Laura Reed
  • Kerry Stein as Dr. Frieberg
  • David Trice as Gerald Jones
  • Jared Ward as Rupert Brannigan
  • Joseph Will as David Smiliski

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an audience score of 64%, with an average rating of 3.5/5[4].

References

  1. ↑ "W.M.D." Riverfront Times. May 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "W.M.D." SF Weekly. May 1, 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Garrett, Tommy (May 5, 2015). "Indican Pictures Presents 'W.M.D.,' It Don't Gitmo Better'N This, Incredible Drama Available On DVD And Streaming Now". Highlight Hollywood. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ "W.M.D." Rotten Tomatoes. April 14, 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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