VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
George W. Bush may have been the 43rd President of the United States, but Vice President Dick Cheney was arguably the true power behind the presidency. Given unprecedented control over the country’s energy, military, and foreign policy, Cheney defined the second Bush era both at home and especially abroad.
VICE looks at Cheney and his behind-the-scenes reign through director Adam McKay’s (THE BIG SHORT) incisive satirical lens. Starring Academy Award winners Christian Bale and Sam Rockwell as Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, and Academy Award nominees Amy Adams and Steve Carell as Lynne Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, VICE is a tour de force of writing and acting that peers behind the curtain of the Bush presidency.
Whatever your political inclination, it’s undeniable that Cheney’s actions changed the course of history. VICE is the incredible true story of a man possessed of ruthless ambition and cunning, putting the United States and himself on top by any means necessary.