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This is a review from The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/28/war-dogs-review-jonah-hill-repellently-brilliant) Jonah Hill is so repellent – all swagger, sweat and unapologetic sexism – in War Dogs, that for a while, you don’t immediately realise what a blitzkrieg of a performance he delivers. Bulked up considerably for the role, he plays Efraim Diveroli, one half of a real-life pair of twentysomething Yeshiva schoolfriends from Miami who made millions by hawking dodgy supplies to the US military. He looks like a doughnut stuffed with testosterone and reckless ambition; his hyena laugh has a combination of pleading neediness and mania that makes it chillingly effective. It’s the force of Hill’s tremendous, committed performance, plus the chemistry with costar Miles Teller (very much the straight man here as Efraim’s business partner, David Packouz) which carries a film that takes too many cliched routes to ever match the quality of its lead actor. War Dogs: how Todd Phillips went from the Hangover to arms dealing in Iraq. Director Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) is an old hand at telling stories about blokes behaving badly, but with this film, which could have been the picture to elevate him from gross-out mass-market comedy to something a little more sophisticated, he drops the ball. The aim, evidently, was to combine the brash racket of American Hustle with the cynicism of Lord of War. But by copying Hustle’s voiceover narration, the blanket-bombing approach to music and the toe-tappingly obvious retro score, Phillips just looks lazy. It’s a pity, because this is a great story: a tall tale about a couple of chancers scoring billion-dollar deals and blundering through some of the most dangerous places in the world, it should have made for a propulsive, stylish thriller. Entertaining as it may be, original it certainly isn’t.

Good movie, more for adults but is a very good movie, get in 4K if you can it will have amazing picture quality.

Movie trailer was hilarious. Actual movie nothing like the trailer.

Jonah Hill plays another great character, not as great wolf of wall street but still I give the movie an overall rating of three stars. I probably should have watched it before I purchased it

This the actors were pretty good in this but don't think the story was well though out. Some of the scenes were pretty good and the overall ending was good but some of it dragged on.

Basically this Scarface light or any movies involving quick cash from shady deals. Not terrible but nothing different. You can actually just wait for it to come on HBO.

It was entertaining. Not something you'll probably want to watch more than once, but for cheap it's worth it

Bought this movie as a stocking stuffer for Xmas as I love Bradley Cooper, was an interesting movie good but not what I had thought it would have been

Short on comedy that was the focused tone of their marketing campaign. It's an okay film, just buyer beware it is not designed to be humorous.

I have watched a movie with Nicholas Cage (War Lord) that was of the same theme. This movie War Dogs in my opinion was not as entertaining.

Its an alright movie. Got it on sale for $9.99. If it wasn't on sale probably wouldn't have gotten it, but overall its an alright movie.

This is based on a true story so I thought it would be good to watch. It was A sad commentary on friendship, money and greed.

Hard to believe the movie was based on a true story. The acting was good but I have seen better for the two lead roles.

Really welll done. Kept my interest the whole time. Lost my wife shorty after the start. A couple of real good laughs.

Not a great movie, wait for it on cable. Just ok. Thought their would be more comedy or action, Kind of bored me.

Loosely based off a true story, not much of a thriller but entertaining. Descent movie to watch with the guys.

Worth a watch. It was a decent film. Interesting enough to keep me into it but not enough to ever watch again.

it wasnt a great movie, but it did have its funny moments. the only neat thing was that it was a true story.

The film just about tingles with the antic pleasure of seeing people get away with things they shouldn't.

I remembered this story from some years ago. Not sure how accurate the story line followed true events.