‘Vice’ trailer makes Dick Cheney’s assault on America look positively glamorous

If there’s a headline moment you remember from Dick Cheney’s vice presidency, it’s probably represented in some form, somewhere in this trailer.

Vice takes what looks like a heavily stylized tour through the life of Cheney, as portrayed by a moody and growling Christian Bale. He’s surrounded by a cast that includes Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush and Steve Carell as Donald Rumsfeld. 

This snappy trailer has a strong Goodfellas vibe. But where the Martin Scorsese classic tempers its glamorous look at a gangster’s life with the legal reality of criminal actions having consequences, Cheney got away with what he did. Sobering thought, right? Read more…

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