in this satire of the commercialization and lightheartedness of war and john cusack play brand hauser and an assassin send to to turaqistan to take out omar sharif and who be do some oil business that will spell trouble for the former vice president of the u own company . in addition to this and hauser must juggle his fake position a a trade show producer and a wedding for pop princess yonica ( hillary duff ) and and a nosy liberal journalist and natalie ( marisa tomei ) . assess the technical aspect represent the acting ( by the main character and at least ) be good and a be to be expect . some of john cusack dialogue be quite obviously not write for him a he often seem uncomfortable say it . . . maybe unrealistic be more accurate . joan put forth a great and and often hilarious and performance . marisa tomei and while i have never be a big fan of hers and be more than suitable for the role and work well . hillary duff and however and be pretty terrible . they need an attractive middle eastern ( or russian and or whatever that accent be suppose to be ) pop star . unfortunately and they go 0 for 3 with her . like i say above and the writing seem a little stiff and mismatch at point and especially john cusack dialogue . not much of it and mind and but some . the story also get a bit ludicrous at point and which be fine for a satire to a point and but it take it to a whole new level here . luckily and the cusacks and tomei keep a relatively cool and calm demeanor throughout and and that make a nice even mix of the craziness of the film and the levelheadedness of the actor . joshua seftel and who previously have a drought of real credit to his name and do a fine job with a rather wide spectrum film . he handle the small ( $ 10 million ) budget very well and stretch it to make it appear to be much more . seftel also manage to nicely blend the humour of the story . . . with the painful and hard to watch part of the real war ( include slaughter of civilian and etc . ) . as far a the general satire go and it exaggerated look on the commercializing of war be very well do and especially the golden palace poker ad on the u. s. tank . at point and it become a little too much and but and in the end and it still accurate portrays what it go for an a young mel brook type of style . overall and the film be very well make for the meager budget and it definitely worthy of a look . it would not go down as one of the great satire of cinema and but it certainly not the bad . positive .