Shock and Awe

Shock and Awe

6.3IMDb Score
Released:2017-12-09
Duration:90 min
Director:Rob Reiner
Actors:Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Biel
Production:Castle Rock Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Acacia Filmed Entertainment, Voltage Pictures

Overview:

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

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