political satire directed
by : Joshua Seftel featuring
: John Cusack - Hilary Duff - Marisa Tomei - Joan Cusack - Dan Aykroyd running
time : 1 hour 46 minutes
An assassin posing
as a trade-show producer fixes his crosshairs on a Middle Eastern oil minister
while maintaining his cover by organizing a high-profile wedding in this
satirical action comedy starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, and Marisa Tomei.
A private American corporation run by a former U.S. vice president (Dan
Aykroyd) is occupying the war-torn nation of Turaqistan, but a powerful
Middle Eastern oil minister is preventing them from taking total advantage
of the situation. In order to gain a monopoly on the lucrative opportunities
that Turaqistan has to offer, the CEO of the corporation hires an evenhanded
hitman named Hauser (Cusack) to take the oil minister out of the picture.
Now, in order to carry out the contract without a hitch, Hauser will pose
as the corporation's trade-show producer. The stakes are high and the potential
for disaster is evident, though if Hauser can successfully organize the
wedding of Central Asian pop-star Yonica Babyyeah (Duff), he's got a good
chance of pulling it off. But sexy and resourceful left-wing reporter Natalie
Hegalhuzen (Tomei) is determined to uncover the truth about what's happening
in Turaqistan, and the moment she does, this carefully constructed scheme
will crumble like a house of cards. Joshua Seftel directs a screenplay
co-written by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser, and producer/star John Cusack.
