“Vice” (***1/2 out of four) was a riveting biographical melodrama of Dick Cheney (Christian Bale unrecognizable with prosthetics) showing his early years as a hard-drinking lout and his marriage to his wife (Amy Adams) to his rise as a political insider which culminated in his election to being Vice President and his involvement in the Iraqi war whose financial and political effects are felt to this day. Exceptionally well-told and well-directed by Adam McKay who cast all roles perfectly no matter how small, including Sam Rockwell as George Bush, Jr., Steve Carrell as Donald Rumsfeld, and Tyler Perry as Colin Powell. Bale is outstanding and eerily looks and sounds like Cheney and Adams matches him as his supportive and ambitious wife.