The Most Underrated Movie of 2016

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2016)

War Dogs was one of my most anticipated movies of 2016 it looked like it could be the next Wolf of Wall Street and while it definitely didn't reach those heights I still think that this is an amazing movie and a very underrated one at that. I've always been interested when comedic directors decide to take on more serious projects and while this still has plenty of comedy in it this is still a drama and Todd Phillips knocked it out of the park he's amazing at keeping a fast pace during both the arms dealing scenes and action sequences. While there isn't a whole lot of action sequences in this film but when there is it's extremely entertaining and they've got a lot of tension to them because you can tell neither of these characters have seen up close what they cause with the weapons they sell. You get the risks of the business they're by it just being implied but when they get involved with bigger fish like Bradley Coopers character you can really tell what they've gotten themselves into. While you never respect what Miles Tellers character does you understand why he's doing it to provide for his family and make a name for himself, these are motivations that anyone can get behind and makes him more relate able as a character. Miles Teller and Jonah Hill both have fantastic chemistry with each other they defiantly feel like life long friends who slowly start to lose their friendship to their business. While Miles Teller was great Jonah Hill was really the man who stole this movie he's very reminiscent of Gordon Gekko in this film he's obviously hilarious that's something we've come to expect from Hill but he's surprisingly a very intense character in a few scenes and that's something we've never really seen from him. There are a few flaws with this movie and the biggest one of the subplot of Tellers characters wife, it's just not very interesting and just amounts to a few scenes of arguing between them in the end. Bradley Cooper in the end is really just fine in this film he's a bit bland but did what he had to.
War Dogs is an amazing film it's entertaining and hilarious with mostly great performances and an interesting story. Defiantly disagree with the critics on this one.
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