In
this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story you will hardly
believe is actually true, astonishing revelations about a top-secret
wing of the U.S. military come to light when a reporter encounters an
enigmatic Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission. Reporter
Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he
encounters Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to
be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. According to Cassady,
the New Earth Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of
“Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers
can read
the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill
a
goat simply by staring at it. Now, the program’s founder,
Bill
Django (Jeff Bridges), has gone missing and Cassady’s mission
is
to find him. Intrigued by his new acquaintance’s far-fetched
stories, Bob impulsively decides to accompany him on the search. When
the pair tracks Django to a clandestine training camp run by
renegade psychic Larry Hooper (Kevin Spacey), the reporter is trapped
in the middle of a grudge match between the forces of
Django’s
New Earth Army and Hooper’s personal militia of super
soldiers.
In order to survive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit an
enemy he never thought possible. The Men Who Stare at Goats was
inspired by Jon Ronson’s non-fiction bestseller of the same
name,
an eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the
government’s attempts to harness paranormal abilities to
combat
its enemies
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