Robert Redford directs and stars in this provocative ode to political activism. Boasting a powerhouse cast that also includes Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise the film features three storylines centered on the Iraq war. Cruise is Jasper Irving a rising Republican senator who has summoned Janine Roth (Streep) the head journalist at a large news corporation to sell her on the government's new military strategy. It's his hope that she in turn will sell the public on the idea. Meanwhile a history professor (Redford) is trying to convince one of his more promising students to strive to make a difference in the world. Professor Malley believes Todd Hayes (Andrew Garfield) to be a bright young man and he wants to know why Todd has become so apathetic about his schoolwork and after the two banter back and forth about the nature of activism Malley tells him about two of his former students Ernest and Arian (Michael Pena and Derek Luke) both of whom are currently serving in Iraq. Unbeknownst to Malley at th...