Shocking True Life Story

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2016)

Based on the Guy Lawson Rolling Stone article "Arms and the Dudes," the film "War Dogs" tells the story of two young hustlers in Florida who maneuvered their way to lucrative government contracts for the sales of arms to the United States government for use in the wars in the Middle East.
Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz were the two wheeler-dealers who negotiated a $300 deal for guns and bullets for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million. Their unsavory and illegals deals included such outrageous acts of purchasing Chinese ammunition, then removing the bullets from the cases to give the appearance of legitimacy.
Eventually, the two arms dealers were busted by the FBI, yet given amazingly lenient sentencing. Perhaps this was the reason that the filmmakers did not take the subject very seriously. As interpreted by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, the relationship of Efraim and David is portrayed in a whimsical manner with David as excessively naive and the Efraim with a puckish charm.
But despite any shortcomings, the film is an eye-opening experience about the troubling way in which the government used tax payers' dollars for unlimited munitions contracts. The fact there was limited oversight in the transactions in an extremely disturbing in allowing two sleazy amateurs to work the system for their financial benefit.