Did you know that Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, and Jesse Eisenberg made a movie about Bosnian war criminals together? Me neither!Duck (Terrence Howard) has seen some shit during his time as cameraman for war correspondent Simon Hunt (Richard Gere). But after Hunt has a meltdown on live TV in Bosnia, Duck is transferred to a cushy job in Manhattan and thinks those days are behind him. Ten years later, Duck is back in Bosnia to film a puff piece on the reunification for anchorman Franklin Harris (James Brolin). Tagging along is Benjamin Strauss (Jesse Eisenberg), a baby journalist whose father happens to be the network Vice President. Strauss is there to get some much needed field experience, but when Hunt shows up with a story too good to be true, he gets much more than he bargained for. See, Hunt actually has a lead on the location of war criminal The Fox (Ljubomir Kerekes), something the UN, the CIA, and the Bosnian government have failed to find in a decade.
If you liked the absurd truth behind The Men Who Stare at Goats, you'll probably enjoy this movie, especially the end credits, since it is also based on a true story. This has a little more of a serious bent, since these journalists legitimately risked their lives in pursuit of this story and war criminals of any nationality are nothing to fuck with. I've never found Richard Gere to be all that handsome but he can be incredibly charming, as he is here. Terrence Howard is very strong and I'm really quite shocked that he doesn't take more roles like this. Eisenberg is, well, Eisenberg, but if you need a skinny kid to act nervous and be all mouth, he's your guy. Diane Kruger even has an itty-bitty part.
I enjoyed the movie, probably because it flew completely under my radar. I don't remember any publicity about it; I don't even know if it was widely released to theaters. I'm not going to rush to own it, but it was definitely worth seeing.
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