War Dogs

2016
15
1h 54m

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7.1/10

275K

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Dark Comedy True Crime Biography Comedy Crime Drama War

Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

275K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,458

654

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Awards
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The real David Packouz appears in the movie, singing "Don't Fear The Reaper" in the retirement home where Miles Teller tries to sell sheets.

Goofs
While it is true that AYE, Inc. did win a contract to deliver Beretta pistols for US forces in Iraq, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli did not transport the guns by truck from Jordan to Iraq. In fact they failed to deliver the guns and defaulted on the contract.

Quotes
David Packouz: [From the beginning of the film, as Miles Teller's character, David Packaouz, narrates over visuals of soldiers in war and as price figures of what a soldier's gear costs are displayed] What do you know about war? They'll tell you it's about patriotism, democracy... or some shit about the other guy hating our freedom. But you wanna know what it's really about? What do you see? A kid from Arkansas doing his patriotic duty to defend his country? I see a helmet, fire-retardant gloves, body armor and an M16. I see $17, 500. That's what it costs to outfit one American soldier. Over two million soldiers fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. It cost the American taxpayer $4.5 billion each year just to pay the air conditioning bills for those wars. And that's what war is really about. War is an economy. Anybody who tells you otherwise is either in on it or stupid.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jonah Hill/Jaden Smith/Dua Lipa (2016)

Soundtracks
Waters of Nazareth
Written by Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay
Performed by Justice
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. / Because Music
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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Featured review

8/10

Wolf of wall street meets Lord Of war

If you like wolf of wall street, I believe you are gonna like this movie too, even though it not have all the funny moments. The plot is similar a nice guy (Teller) find a way to make money doing stuff located on the line of legal and illegal. The music was well chosen for every scene, acting (specially from Hill and Cooper) was outstanding. On the contrary if you though that Wolf.. didn't show enough all the people who suffer from their actions, and that the movie glorifies bad actions and the eternal search for money, you will not like this movie. It all depends in the end of your personal standards of what can be made fun of, and what subjects are too controversial (in this case, war, guns and arms dealers) to have a good time with.