Vice (2018) Synopsis

Guided by his formidable wife, Lynne (Amy Adams) and mentored by the blustery Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) insinuated himself into the Washington fabric beginning with the Nixon administration -- long before becoming Secretary of Defense for George H.W. Bush. In 2000, he ran as Vice President to George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell) with the implicit understanding that he would exercise almost unchecked control, a co-president in all but name.