Review of WAR DOGS
Revue of WAR DOGS
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Genre: Drama/Crime
Directed By: Todd Philips
Efraim (Jonah Hill) and David (Miles Teller) are best buddies from school but while Efraim seems to be a successful businessman, David is having a rough time with his massage business. Efraim gives David a break to join in his international arms dealing business which is booming because of the ongoing Iraqi war, but their astronomical success and greed brings with it, dire consequences.
Wow! This movie was one crazy joy ride. I truly expected a comedic movie with some sprinkling of criminal drama and that’s what I got but on a proportion that I did not expect. The movie started up with Jonah Hill (who I must say has gained soooo much weight) being his usual comic self. Miles was also fooling around but then gradually, the comedy faded away and one intense thriller began to take form. Funny enough, I was expecting a movie laced with war scenes but surprisingly for a movie with “War” in its title, there was no such scene.
The movie illuminates that during a war, there are people making a killing out of it (pun intended). We see that war is a big money spinning business where some people in the background are getting rich, while blood is being spilt. These people justify their actions by insisting that they are legitimate business men.
One thing I particularly liked was the text that was intermittently displayed to explain the next scene because these texts have a way of keeping you in suspense by giving you a clue as to how the scene is going to play out.
The movie is rated 15 but I think it’s a little too intense for a 15 year old and may have been more appropriate for a rating of 18 but maybe that’s just me.
War Dogs is an intense movie with a tinge of political undertones and makes for an entertaining watch. This earns it 7.0/ 10 on my awesome-o-meter.
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The Maveriq
I haven't seen the movie, so there's very little I can say about it. But from the other reviews I've read (and the article that inspired the book, that in turn inspired the film), I'm certain it is going to be a good watch.
ReplyDeleteIn case you're interested in the article I mentioned above, you can check it out in the link below. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-stoner-arms-dealers-20110316
I'm finally gonna watch this movie because it got 7.0/10. For a long time now, this is the first movie to achieve that feat. Thanks Bruh
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