Shock and Awe (2017)

Directed by

Rob Reiner

Genre

drama film, thriller film, biographical film, detective film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 200 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of journalists at a Washington newspaper dig into the Bush administration's claims that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. They face resistance and skepticism as they work to publish the truth before the 2003 invasion.

investigativetensesoberingcerebralbleakurgentgroundedserious

What happens

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. The film had its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on September 30, 2017. It was released through DirecTV Cinema on June 14, 2018, before having a limited release in theaters on July 13, 2018, by Vertical Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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