Directed by:
Todd PhillipsCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Cliff MartinezCast:
Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Pollak, Shaun Toub, JB Blanc, Patrick St. Esprit, Gabriel Spahiu, Andrei Finti, Ashley Spillers (more)VOD (1)
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Based on a true story, "Arms & the Dudes" follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami 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 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. (Warner Bros. UK)
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I can do these movies. Miles Teller is slowly but surely building his career and Jonah Hill is already a star on the comedy scene and here he more or less pulls the whole film off. I find movies based on real events that happened recently far more appealing than movies based on reality from the distant past. The humour goes slightly sideways, I laughed the most at Hill's odd laugh, but the film keeps a decent pace, something is constantly happening, trouble is afoot and it ends dramatically. In truth, I was even slightly envious. A good and entertaining film. 80%.
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A decent comedy that turns into a drama and works. Now I know what to do when my girlfriend gets pregnant. The rather slow introduction and a few quiet sequences are a shame. If it wasn’t for Hill, the movie would be half-baked. The annoying, put-on laughter alone is Oscar standard. A good soundtrack. Screw the American taxpayer.
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I never thought I would enjoy a movie with such a theme this much! Arms trafficking has never been my genre, but here not only is Todd Phillips in the director’s chair and he just nails, but Miles Teller and Jonah Hill are just brilliant, I enjoy them in every role and in every film, and without question they are talented, naturally entertaining and, most importantly, their performances are fun to watch and burned into my memory. In fact, pretty much everything about War Dogs is good: the story based on true events is engaging as hell, when the film is meant to be funny it is funny, and when it's meant to add gravitas and pin the viewer in their seat, it succeeds just the same. There's something a little short of a five-star rating for me, but either way, a film this good in every respect is not what one would expect from War Dogs, and I'm satisfied! And Ana de Armas, I could watch her every day.
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I am no longer surprised that Todd Phillips made Joker in the style of a Scorsese film, because he already has a similar take on War Dogs, and I have no problem imagining Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci playing the leads instead of Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in some other universe. It’s a fine film. Nothing groundbreaking, but fine.
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Pleasant one-off. Too politically correct and a bit simplistic, but as a sequence of funny scenes with the great acting tandem of Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, it's fine. If you don't see it, you're not missing out on anything groundbreaking, but as light entertainment that so peripherally winks at the absurdities of war conflicts, the fact that it's money laundering, and shows the "beauty" of Albania (and the fact that there are good businessmen there too), it's OK.
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