War Dogs (2016)

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.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Stephen Chin (screenplay), Todd Phillips (screenplay)

Stars:

Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miles Teller	...	David Packouz
Steve Lantz	...	Security Guard
Gregg Weiner	...	Massage Client
David Packouz	...	Singer at Hilldale Home
Eddie Jemison	...	Hilldale Home Manager
Julian Sergi	...	Rosen
Daniel Berson	...	Rabbi
Jonah Hill	...	Efraim Diveroli
Edson Jean	...	Drug Dealer
Daimion Johnson	...	Drug Dealer (as Damion Johnson)
Bethuel Fletcher	...	Drug Dealer
Ana de Armas	...	Iz
Kevin Pollak	...	Ralph Slutsky
Gabriela Alvarez	...	Club Girl
Dan Bilzerian	...	Dan Bilzerian

Storyline

In 2005, David Packouz lives in Miami, Florida, working as a massage therapist and living with his girlfriend Iz. Desiring an additional source of income, David spends his life savings on high-quality Egyptian cotton sheets, planning to sell them to Miami retirement homes, but this venture fails to produce results. At a funeral for a friend, David runs into his high school best friend Efraim Diveroli, who had moved to Los Angeles some years prior to work with his uncle selling guns. Efraim has left his uncle and formed his own company, AEY, which fills orders for arms placed by the US government due to the ongoing war in Iraq. David's life takes another turn when his girlfriend informs him that she is pregnant. Efraim offers him a job at AEY, and even though David and Iz both vehemently oppose the war, David eventually agrees, telling his girlfriend that he has begun selling his cotton sheets to the US government through Efraim's contacts..

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Plot Keywords:

deal | contract | military | ugly american | ammunition | 

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Taglines:

An American dream.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout, drug use and some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Cambodia

Language:

English Arabic Albanian Romanian

Release Date:

19 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arms and the Dudes

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,685,305, 19 August 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$43,017,433, 16 October 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

BZ Entertainment,Green Hat Films,Joint Effort

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last name of Ana de Armas is Spanish for "weapons".

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Goofs

When David and Efraim are smoking from the bong with night-vision goggles on, the specks of dust in their masks are completely identical in all the reverse angle cuts (even though these are supposedly seen through two different pairs of goggles), showing that both angles were shot through the same lens or the same post-production effect was applied to all the shots in the scene.

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Quotes

David Packouz: I thought you said that you sold like seized weapons to gun nuts on the internet.
Efraim Diveroli: Not anymore. Now I only sell to one gun nut.
David Packouz: Oh yeah? Which one?
Efraim Diveroli: The U.S military, motherfucker!... Wanna do a bong hit?
["Jump Around" by House of Pain comes on]

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

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Soundtracks

Wish You Were Here
Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour
Performed by Pink Floyd
Courtesy of Parlophone Records Ltd
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

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.