The writer/director of The Big Short is back, and once again he can barely contain his anger about America’s broken institutions. Adam McKay’s new film, Vice, tells the story of former Vice President Dick Cheney, a secretive and influential politician who transformed a political office with limited political responsibility into a position of incredible power, and used it to transform domestic and foreign policy, the economy, human rights and the entire world.
Christian Bale (under a tremendous amount of makeup) stars as Dick Cheney, a young drunk who, at the urging of his wife Lynne (Amy Adams), pursues a career in politics. He ventures to Washington D.C. where he becomes the intern for Congressman Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), whose chuckling demeanor hides a no-nonsense political viciousness. Dick Cheney rises through the ranks of the White House for decades, gaining experience and notoriety, until the tide shifts, his health fails, and he finally retires to a lucrative career in the private sector.
Source: IGN.com Vice Review