War Dogs | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | November 17, 2016
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verdict |
A serviceable presentation throughout. There is no noticeable fuzziness going from light to dark scenes, and there are a lot of transitions.
genre | Comedy | Drama |
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synopsis | Based on a true story, “War Dogs” follows two friends in their early 20s living in Miami during the first Iraq War who 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. |
lead actors | Miles Teller | Jonah Hill | Ana de Armas | Bradley Cooper | Kevin Pollak | Barry Livingston | Brenda Koo | Jeff Pierre | Shaun Toub | J. B. Blanc | Said Faraj | Ashley Spillers | Roman Mitichyan | Mehdi Merali | Aaron Lustig | Ashli Haynes | Trevor Keveloh | Max Daniels |
director | Todd Phillips |