With Netflix’s War Machine, David Michôd and Brad Pitt Take on Afghanistan

With Netflix’s War Machine, David Michôd and Brad Pitt Take on Afghanistanby Ned LannamannWar is hell, except when it’s purgatory.General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) is good at war. At the start of David Michôd’s War Machine, McMahon’s just been assigned to fix the one in Afghanistan, using his years of expertise to bring an end to a seemingly intractable conflict. But the types of war he’s dealt with in the past bear little resemblance to what’s goin