Fallen Empire (slight spoilers)

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2017)

With a similar tone to films like Lord of War, Wolf of Wall St and the Big Short, War Machine can only really be appreciated by those who like enjoy their narrative messages delivered clinically dry. Though the story is centred around the final push of a somewhat egotistical US general (played by Pitt) it's commentary stretches further into criticism of the entire Western establishment and managerial class.
There is a single line in the film referencing the fall of Rome and other more recent Empires. I think history will judge this film as being an interesting internal reflection on the collapse of the US Empire as it was happening - it is somewhat ahead of it's time.
Particularly poignant is the Marine who can't reconcile fighting an enemy you get medals to avoid killing, made all the more impactful by the issue that neither his sergeant nor his general can provide him with anything more than managerial catchphrases. This is how the world is organised now, around the Dunning-Kruger effect, as War Machine shows.
The acting is great, the script tight enough and the dialogue snappy - there is a lot to enjoy about War Machine - just don't expect to feel positive about the state of the world at the end. For anyone who enjoys films and finds that Hollywood has become too brain-dead to enjoy - Netflix is your answer.