War Dogs

War Dogs starring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill is a film directed by Todd Philips. This story follows David Packouz (Miles Teller and Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), in their escapades of being illegal arms dealers that sell to the U.S. government. There is a lot of good things to say about this film, and an equal amount of bad things to say. First things first, this film is loosely based on true events, I say loosely because like in all movies that state that they're "based on a true story," the stuff is overly dramatized, and skewed. This film tells a classic tale of a protagonist down on his luck who tries to turn his luck around by engaging in nefarious activities, eventually leading to his downfall. Miles Teller did a great job in this movie, he is a great young actor, who is proving his versatility to everyone in Hollywood. His character is believable, and relates to the average Joe who is in a rut. throughout the entire movie he sticks to his guns, no pun intended, and doesn't go out of his way to be noticed on screen, he lets the dialogue speak for itself. That brings me to Jonah Hill, unlike Teller, Jonah stands out in this movie, and in consequence makes his character unbelievable, thus breaking the viewers suspension of disbelief. I'm not saying Hill is a bad actor in general, but his choice of acting in this film was not a smart move to say the least. The story in general had a good premise, it was interesting and kept the viewers curiosity till the end. This could have been a classic film, if it wasn't for the poor casting decisions, but on the flip side, the cinematography of this film was excellent, the sets were beautiful, the costumes were accurate to the time, and some of the suspenseful scenes, really had you clinching your fists. Overall, the story was there, the characters were decent enough, and the way in which the movie was filmed was overall great, so for my final verdict, I award War Dogs 4 out of 5 Kalashnikov.

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