War Dogs
The true story of two men who were contracted by the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. Starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover).
Two friends in their early twenties living in Miami during the first Iraq War discover and decide to 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.
- Director:
- Todd Phillips ('The Hangover', 'Due Date', 'Old School')
- Writer:
- Stephen ChinTodd PhillipsJason Smilovic
- Cast:
- Miles TellerJonah HillAna de ArmasBarry LivingstonShaun ToubJB BlancBrenda Koo
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksWar Dogs
War Dogs is the best thing Todd Phillips has done since the first Hangover, and his most ambitious film yet. An engrossing and entertaining morality tale about the American Dream, with excellent performances from Miles Teller, Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper. Phillips is channeling Scorsese. I'd compare this to The Wolf of Wall Street and GoodFellas, but...
An entertaining enough blast
Based on a true story, or rather, based on The Rolling Stone magazine article ‘Arms and the Dudes’, WAR DOGS is the rise and fall tale of two young guys who become arms dealers, make a fortune and then screw up. Directed and co-scripted by Todd Phillips (he of THE HANGOVER trilogy), WAR DOGS races along nicely, but never escapes the confines of seen it all...
Variety
pressWith the 'Hangover' trilogy behind him, director Todd Phillips has made his first terrific movie for grown-ups, starring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in a true-life tale of hip-geek arms dealers.
Time Out
pressWar Dogs is insufficient with these two characters (or maybe it's these two actors), who are neither hapless and schmucky enough to sustain laughs nor venal enough to get us rooting against them.
Stuff
pressMight come with a pre-title claiming it is "based on a true story" – and it is – but in much the same way as a Friday night kebab is "based on" a cow.
New York Post
pressPhillips, also a co-writer on this mishegoss, directed this tired, lumbering, flaccid story of arms-dealing rascals as though hoping to be mistaken for Martin Scorsese - all freeze frames, voice-overs and classic rock.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe filmmaking is surprisingly lazy, even listless, stuffed with obvious music cues and unnecessary chapter breaks that merely add to the lurching, episodic rhythm.
FilmInk
pressWar Dogs is a rise-and-fall narrative, and while it's genuinely shocking to see the scale of the military-industrial complex from the actual shop floor, there's not nearly as much condemnation as you might expect.
Empire Magazine
pressThere's plenty of darkly funny moments, but this is a largely serious movie about an entirely serious subject.
Collider
pressWar Dogs is an unexpected success. It's an unconventional crime narrative told with biting humour and a flippant attitude that ironically make its critiques even more devastating.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksVariety
pressWith the 'Hangover' trilogy behind him, director Todd Phillips has made his first terrific movie for grown-ups, starring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in a true-life tale of hip-geek arms dealers.
Time Out
pressWar Dogs is insufficient with these two characters (or maybe it's these two actors), who are neither hapless and schmucky enough to sustain laughs nor venal enough to get us rooting against them.
Stuff
pressMight come with a pre-title claiming it is "based on a true story" – and it is – but in much the same way as a Friday night kebab is "based on" a cow.
New York Post
pressPhillips, also a co-writer on this mishegoss, directed this tired, lumbering, flaccid story of arms-dealing rascals as though hoping to be mistaken for Martin Scorsese - all freeze frames, voice-overs and classic rock.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe filmmaking is surprisingly lazy, even listless, stuffed with obvious music cues and unnecessary chapter breaks that merely add to the lurching, episodic rhythm.
FilmInk
pressWar Dogs is a rise-and-fall narrative, and while it's genuinely shocking to see the scale of the military-industrial complex from the actual shop floor, there's not nearly as much condemnation as you might expect.
Empire Magazine
pressThere's plenty of darkly funny moments, but this is a largely serious movie about an entirely serious subject.
Collider
pressWar Dogs is an unexpected success. It's an unconventional crime narrative told with biting humour and a flippant attitude that ironically make its critiques even more devastating.
War Dogs
War Dogs is the best thing Todd Phillips has done since the first Hangover, and his most ambitious film yet. An engrossing and entertaining morality tale about the American Dream, with excellent performances from Miles Teller, Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper. Phillips is channeling Scorsese. I'd compare this to The Wolf of Wall Street and GoodFellas, but...
An entertaining enough blast
Based on a true story, or rather, based on The Rolling Stone magazine article ‘Arms and the Dudes’, WAR DOGS is the rise and fall tale of two young guys who become arms dealers, make a fortune and then screw up. Directed and co-scripted by Todd Phillips (he of THE HANGOVER trilogy), WAR DOGS races along nicely, but never escapes the confines of seen it...
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