Outrageous Fun, Not To Be Taken Too Seriously

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2016)

Based on a true story — in Hollywood speak, that means about 25% is true (and I'm being very generous here) — "War Dogs" is about two young guys from Miami who sold weapons to the U.S. military despite having no business doing so. Going after the smaller contracts that are peanuts to the Pentagon but worth hundreds of thousands to the young dudes (played by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller), their rocky, sometimes hilarious and dangerous foray into gun running bring riches and a feeling of invincibility, a combination that can be lethal.
Greed and more greed puts Hill and Teller into the dirtiest realms of their business, where they will be in the crosshairs of gangsters, the U.S. government, and each other.
My most memorable, movie moment is the scene when Hill is trying to buy weed from a bunch of thugs. After paying, the thugs pretend not to know what Hill is talking about and refuse to give him his drugs. Hill laughs, calmly walks to his car, removes a submachine-gun from his trunk, and fires off about a dozen rounds in full auto into the air, sending the thugs scurrying away like cockroaches!
"War Dogs" has the same feel as "Pain & Gain" and "The Wolf Of Wall Street." The pacing moderately fast, some of the scenes are over the top and outrageous, the tone constantly changes from comedic to serious to scaryoverall it has a somewhat hazy, drug-induced, dream quality to it. This would be a great movie for guys to watch while high on drugs or alcohol.
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