War Dogs
War Dogs is a 2016 American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on the 2011 Rolling Stone article, "Arms and the Dudes", by Guy Lawson (which was later expanded upon in a novel, also titled Arms and the Dudes. The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunitions for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million. The film, which features an unreliable narrator and is labeled as being "based on a true story", is heavily fictionalized and dramatized, with some of its events, such as the duo driving through Iraq, were either invented or based on other events, such as Chin's own experiences.
Plot
In 2005, David Packouz is a massage therapist living in Miami, Florida with his girlfriend Iz. David spends his life savings on high-quality bedsheets to resell to retirement homes, but the venture fails. David runs into his old friend Efraim Diveroli, who has formed his own company, AEY Inc., selling arms to the US government for the ongoing war in Iraq. Iz informs David she is pregnant, and Efraim offers him a job at AEY; although David and Iz vehemently oppose the war, David joins AEY and lies to Iz.
More details
author | Jason Smilovic Todd Phillips |
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contentLocation | Afghanistan |
director | Todd Phillips |
editor | Jeff Groth |
genre | adventure comedy-drama crime |
keywords | 7.62×39mm ak-47 ak-47 ammunition albania arms dealer arrest baghdad beretta border patrol david packouz efraim diveroli embargo fbi federal bureau of investigation florida house arrest iraq war israel jordan kidnap kill learn massage therapist meet miami military base nato old friend retirement home triangle of death war in iraq |
musicBy | Cliff Martinez |
producer | Bradley Cooper Mark Gordon Todd Phillips |
productionCompany | RatPac-Dune Entertainment |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | Los Angeles |
theme | biographical black comedy buddy comedy war |