Charlie Wilson's War

Plot:

In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow.

Review:

I really liked this movie. Its a great story of 1 man changing history. Tom Hanks portrays the perfect playboy of a senator ( little less slummy than Burt Reynolds in Striptease) and Hoffman's hilarious as the CIA agent. Big stars in this one and some very funny one liners make it a great comedic-drama, with tons of hot ladies if you think its boring. Make sure you watch for Hoffman's first scene with his boss, its hilarious.

Rating: 4/5