Bulworth

Warren Beatty's wild and spirited political satire Bulworth has a good deal in common with "Bob Roberts", which Tim Robbins, like Warren Beatty, also wrote, directed and starred in himself. Both films skewer the political system and the political climate in the USA.

Warren Beatty plays Bulworth, a Democratic senator who is fairly sure of re-election to Congress. The film's action takes place in the last days of his election campaign. However, he has had enough of empty promises, corruption and backroom deals with the big boys of industry and society's elite, so he orders a hitman to murder himself! At the same time he stops caring about anything and begins to undermine his own campaign by, for once, refraining from spouting political platitudes and instead saying what he actually thinks. The problem is that he actually starts to enjoy it - and on top of that he becomes popular for calling a spade a spade. As his zest for life gradually replaces his weariness with it, it dawns on him that somehow he has to get the hit on himself called off. Unfortunately that is easier said than done, especially since the middleman has a heart attack!