This film not only criticizes the war in Afghanistan but the interference of the US in other countries as a whole. Not many Americans will like this one. Unless you are ready to accept someone showing your mistakes. This film is about mankind failing in general. It is about our failure. President Kazai is shown as a joke. War is brutal. Civilians are killed. Europeans are trying to be diplomatic but failing hard at it - they are not with the US on this war but also not against it. Humor is very well inserted and on a high level. Contains a lot of references to real events so if you are not politically up to date you will not get the joke. It is also sad and show as our helplessness at the same time.

Well if you know the song I'm referring, you know the answer. But setting that aside (and also acknowledging that it doesn't apply for all wars obviously), this movie is about "modern war" or rather USA "helping" other countries to rebuild their country. Now most do know that those attempts backfired ... and they backfired badly.Many countries started hating America because of that interference and the Americans going over there don't know why they are there and what they are supposed to do. Millitary personnel who has to wing it, but also plan ahead and stay put, but also be active. All things that do contradict each other. And while that seems to have a lot that a movie can exploit, watching it you can't help yourself but think, this would have been better served as a sketch or a short movie. While it still boasts a lot of star power (Brad Pitt is the lead but many more show up), the running time of 2 hours plus is way too long. The point it is trying to make is worthwhile ... the time you have to spent watching the point being made repeatedly might be wasted to an extent.

An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuild operation in Afghanistan. Netflix's War Machine is a terrible and bland comedy that has Brad Pitt portraying a character that is simply made to praise "America" all around the globe and fails to deliver on all aspects also the narration was annoying and some cameos like from Ben Kingsley were so weird and terrible and the overall story that the film sells is not that interesting to be told. (0/10)

With such a great cast, I expected a great movie. Well, have I been wrong.The movie concept was unique, that's for sure. Following a general during operations in Afghanistan could make for a great movie, if properly performed. Unfortunately, War Machine failed to do so. Little to no emotion was used. Every single one of the characters had a very, very curious personality, turning the movie into a freak show right away. At the 5-minute mark I assumed the movie to be a comedy. Yet, after not seeing a single comical seen for thirty minutes, I was confused as to what the purpose of the movie was. For a movie about a war, there was little to no action. General McMaho is portrayed as a quirky, freaky type of person, while at the same time acting as a true hero. It was obvious that the director wanted the viewer to have some mixed feelings, but what he got are confused ones.In short| A waste of budget, of talent and of my time.