War Dogs Film Review

Finished watching War Dogs directed by Todd Phillips and staring Miles Teller, Ana de Armas and Jonah Hill. The film opens up with masseuse David Packouz (Miles Teller) living with his girlfriend Iz (Ana de Armas) who has just found out that she is expecting a baby which makes David worried about his financial income. While at a funeral David meets with his old school friend Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) who has moved back to Miami and offers David a job with him as a small time arms dealer at his new company AEY. David ends up taking the job which leads to the company becoming very successful but creating a strain on the relationship with his family. Overall this was a decent film as it dives into the life of an arms dealer with the narration by Miles Teller being one of the best parts of the film as it helps to see the mind set of David and what sort of emotions go through his head. The journeys that some of the characters take over the course of the film are very interesting however the end of some characters arcs feel like the characters don't seem to have learned from their mistakes that they've made over the course of the film. There is some great comedic moments thanks to some of the situations David and Efraim find themselves in however not all of the comedy hits it's mark and leaves a stale taste. The music use in the film is a nice touch as it fits very well to the tone and genre of the film with some being very reminiscent to familiar war films. 6/10.