Netflix has released a new trailer for the highly-anticipated feature film <i>War Machine</i> starring Brad Pitt, Emory Cohen, Topher Grace, Anthony Michael Hall, Will Poulter, Lakeith Stanfield, Meg Tilly, Tilda Swinton, and Sir Ben Kingsley. The film was shot extensively in both Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah over a four-week period back in late 2015. The latest trailer features a number of impressive impersonations, with plenty of convincing shots of “Afghan scenery” in the UAE, including a mosque in Abu Dhabi and the old part of Ras Al Khaimah masquerading as an Afghan village. Meanwhile, Ben Kingsley forces at least three double-takes in a stunningly convincing turn as former Afghan PM Hamid Karzai. <i>War Machine </i>is the latest feature from director David Michôd and is based on Michael Hasting's best-selling 2011 non-fiction book, <i>The Operators</i>, which reports on the author's travels with General Stanley McChrystal during his spell as commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010. Pitt stars as General Dan McMahon, a character closely based on McChrystal. The movie will be released globally on Netflix on May 26, 2017. cnewbould@thenational.ae