Adam and Pat got to peep the Netflix original film War Machine starring Brad Pitt. Having a long-standing appreciation of the attention to detail Pitt plays in his starring roles this one did not disappoint. They talk about the intricacies of the plot, their thoughts on the acting, and give a succinct appraisal of the film as both a light political dramedy and introspective character study. War Machine is a 2017 American satirical war film directed and written by David Michôd based on the nonfiction book The Operators by Michael Hastings. It's a fictionalized version of the events in the book based on United States Army General Stanley McChrystal. When a successful, charismatic four-star general, Glenn McMahon, is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy.