Directed by:
Todd PhillipsCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Cliff MartinezCast:
Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Pollak, Shaun Toub, JB Blanc, Patrick St. Esprit, Gabriel Spahiu, Andrei Finti, Ashley Spillers (more)VOD (3)
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Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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If I were to run a percentage analysis of all the important formal elements, it would look something like this: originality: 20%; screenplay: 70%; direction: 70%; actors: 60%; soundtrack: 120%, and you can easily guess the result. You can still watch it with the same glee with which a hirsute bum looks at a leftover sandwich in a trash can, and some of the scenes are downright schmaltzy (the Kalashnikov test to the accompaniment of “Wish You Were Here”, for example), but this film should have been made fifteen years ago so as not to give the overpowering impression that all its key ingredients have already been used many times elsewhere. Despite the great criticism of the global arms industry and the war business, War Dogs is, first and foremost, just another film about the steep rise and subsequent fall of two ambitious young men, whose relationship is not analysed in much detail and is more or less for effect; unlike Lord of War, which was much more tightly focused and, after all, more formally interesting. Strong three stars should do.
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I can do these movies. Miles Teller is slowly but surely building his career and Jonah Hill is already a star on the comedy scene and here he more or less pulls the whole film off. I find movies based on real events that happened recently far more appealing than movies based on reality from the distant past. The humour goes slightly sideways, I laughed the most at Hill's odd laugh, but the film keeps a decent pace, something is constantly happening, trouble is afoot and it ends dramatically. In truth, I was even slightly envious. A good and entertaining film. 80%.
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I never thought I would enjoy a movie with such a theme this much! Arms trafficking has never been my genre, but here not only is Todd Phillips in the director’s chair and he just nails, but Miles Teller and Jonah Hill are just brilliant, I enjoy them in every role and in every film, and without question they are talented, naturally entertaining and, most importantly, their performances are fun to watch and burned into my memory. In fact, pretty much everything about War Dogs is good: the story based on true events is engaging as hell, when the film is meant to be funny it is funny, and when it's meant to add gravitas and pin the viewer in their seat, it succeeds just the same. There's something a little short of a five-star rating for me, but either way, a film this good in every respect is not what one would expect from War Dogs, and I'm satisfied! And Ana de Armas, I could watch her every day.
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Pleasant one-off. Too politically correct and a bit simplistic, but as a sequence of funny scenes with the great acting tandem of Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, it's fine. If you don't see it, you're not missing out on anything groundbreaking, but as light entertainment that so peripherally winks at the absurdities of war conflicts, the fact that it's money laundering, and shows the "beauty" of Albania (and the fact that there are good businessmen there too), it's OK.
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This film was a nice surprise. I was expecting some sort of a slog which would end with a disgustingly melodramatic scene. Thankfully, it failed to deliver in this regard. I’m still shaking my head in disbelief at such a rare phenomenon. The film confirmed two well-established facts. Wars are fought for money, and secret service agents wouldn’t find anything even if it was staring them in the face. I was entertained throughout.
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