Robocop

3 años, 11 meses - In the Loop is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a ‘good thing’. US General Miller certainly doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But when the mild-mannered minister inadvertently appears to back the war on prime-time television, he immediately attracts the attention of the PM’s venomously aggressive communications chief Malcolm Tucker, who latches onto him like a hawk. Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations collide with trans-Atlantic spin doctors and Foster’s off-hand remark quickly spirals into an insurmountable ‘mountain of conflict’. Foster quickly becomes the oblivious plaything of the US and British government, on the one side by Malcolm Tucker, on the other by paranoid US Assistant Secretary for Diplomacy Karen Clarke and her ambitious intern Liza Weld. The loyal British delegation at Foster’s side consists largely of his new aide Toby, whose inept attempts to preserve his job are matched only by his hapless bid to sleep with US intern Liza. Meanwhile, the minister’s efficient and thoroughly skeptical Director of Communications Judy has been left behind in London to deal with the breaking story of an angry constituent and his collapsing garden wall. It soon becomes clear that the light at the end of Simon Foster’s tunnel is likely to be an oncoming ballistic missile.