The subplot of Lions for Lamb has a college professor telling a student about two other subplots in the movie .
It was the first Cruise/Wagner Productions film since the company joined with United Artists subsequent to Cruise 's falling out with Paramount Pictures in 2006.With a title that alludes to incompetent leaders sending brave soldiers into the slaughter of battle , the film takes aim at the U.S. government 's prosecution of the wars in the Middle East , showing three different simultaneous stories : a senator who launches a new military strategy and details it to a journalist on the edge of a mental breakdown , two soldiers involved in said operation , and their college professor trying to re-engage a promising student .
Lions for Lambs