The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) George Clooney Jeff Bridges Ewan Mc Gregor Kevin Spacey Stephen Lang

In a short prelude, U. S. Army General Hopgood (Lang) is painfully thwarted in an attempt to pass paranormally through a solid wall by simply running into it. The film then follows Ann Arbor Daily Telegram reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor), whose wife leaves him for the newspaper s editor. Seeking an escape, Bob flies to Kuwait to report on the Iraq War and to prove to his wife and himself that he is a man. However, he stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when he meets a retired U. S. Army Special Forces operator, Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who reveals that he was part of a U. S. Army unit training psychic spies or Jedi Warriors to develop a range of parapsychological skills including invisibility, remote viewing, and phasing.