Bulworth

Warren Beatty stars as Democratic Senator Jay Bulworth, an otherwise unremarkable politician who, on the eve of the March 1996 re-election, comes apart at the psychological seams. It is a rainy night and Bulworth is sitting in his office crying while watching his own campaign ads. He's not crying because his ads touch his heart; he's crying because he's sick of all the lies he's propagated and promises broken because he took money from lobbyists and big companies. Depressed by cashing in on the right wing trend in politics at the expense of his beliefs, he orders a hit on himself after having taken out a huge life insurance policy.

Knowing that he only has a few more days to live, Bulworth takes this as a chance to speak what's truly on his mind. He attends a meeting at a church in South Central L.A. where he bluntly tells the congregation that they need to put down the malt liqueur, stop complaining, and start doing something about poor living conditions. He also tells them that it's obvious that the political parties don't care about them because they don't donate enough money. In a dinner with big movie producers, Bulworth tells them how truly bad their work is.

Bulworth is ready to be hit until he meets Nina (Halle Berry) a woman inspired by his speech at the church. And from her he is taken into the ghettos of L.A. where he sees the injustices that go on there and learns a little about rap. Bulworth starts to rap his political messages in rap lyrics and music. The lyrics to his rap "songs" are raw and angry but carry a strong good message.

Murphy (Oliver Platt) is Bulworth's hyperactive drug-addicted campaign manager who has to find all sorts of ways to stop Bulworth's "shoot from the hips" speeches.

Aarti Mahbubani