A serious movie with a comedic element or a comedy with some serious undertones. It's hard to place exactly what War Dogs is. If a gun was put to ones head, like the opening of the movie, then it's more serious than anything else. Sure, there's plenty of dark humour here, but ultimately the movie is trying to bring a serious subject to the masses.
The movie is based on a true story two young men, David Packouz (Miles Teller) and Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), who find themselves chasing a $300 million contract from the Pentagon, to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
The pairing of Teller and Hill is an interesting, albeit unlikely one. However, it's one that works very, very well with Jonah Hill being on top "asshole" form. That said Teller is no slouch either, shifting from massage therapist to death and destruction dealer with ease. To round things off, Bradley Cooper plays a creepy arms dealer, and while there isn't anything wrong with his performance, he's not exactly breaking much of a sweat here with his old director buddy Todd Phillips.
Phillips keeps things rollicking along a decent pace but a story that tries to be too many things to too many people keeps letting it down. While the guys are dealing destruction and death, audiences will never really see the results of their quick buck making scheme, excluding one particular scene where they are escorting guns to Baghdad.
Overall, War Dogs isn't a bad nights entertainment in the cinema. While it eventually settles down, it takes far too much time to do so and is never really sure of what it is. That said, Teller and Hill are fantastic, and it's worth a shot!!! (Sorry)
The movie is based on a true story two young men, David Packouz (Miles Teller) and Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), who find themselves chasing a $300 million contract from the Pentagon, to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
The pairing of Teller and Hill is an interesting, albeit unlikely one. However, it's one that works very, very well with Jonah Hill being on top "asshole" form. That said Teller is no slouch either, shifting from massage therapist to death and destruction dealer with ease. To round things off, Bradley Cooper plays a creepy arms dealer, and while there isn't anything wrong with his performance, he's not exactly breaking much of a sweat here with his old director buddy Todd Phillips.
Phillips keeps things rollicking along a decent pace but a story that tries to be too many things to too many people keeps letting it down. While the guys are dealing destruction and death, audiences will never really see the results of their quick buck making scheme, excluding one particular scene where they are escorting guns to Baghdad.
Overall, War Dogs isn't a bad nights entertainment in the cinema. While it eventually settles down, it takes far too much time to do so and is never really sure of what it is. That said, Teller and Hill are fantastic, and it's worth a shot!!! (Sorry)
