War Dogs [DVD] [Standard]

War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military-a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen), and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. en route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings forpassion.

By the mid-21st century, a rogue artificial intelligence will have caused Los Angeles' destruction-and the U.S. military will have designated the unknown InchNirmata,Inch the leading architect of AI advancement, for termination on sight. Embittered operative Joshua Taylor (John David Washington) took the job readily-but he may go off mission as he bonds with a robotic child able to control technology remotely. Powerful fantasy-parable co-stars Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson. 133 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.