Movie of the Day: War Dogs

A struggling massage therapist, David,  (Miles Teller) teams up with his best from from High School, Efraim, (Jonah Hill) in the profitable business of selling fire-arms in this intriguing movie based on a true story.
War, David narrates at the beginning of the  movie, is not about politics or some meaningful cause, it is about money.  This is not a new idea and it is very true.  With the war in Iraq waging, Efraim has discovered a little known loop hole that allows small business to bid on U.S. Military contracts.  Somehow they land a 300 million dollar contract to stock American Allies with ammunition in Afghanastan.

There are times this movie is funny and exciting and thrilling but mostly I was just amazed at the greed and lack of morals of these two main characters, especially Efraim who i consider a slime bag if ever there was one.  A person willing to betray his own friend on a massive level.  They bumble through their business dealings, mostly, through sheer luck.  And then exploit a vulnerability in the system to land a once in a life-time deal.  They cheat and lie to meet their end.  (Bradly Cooper) Henry has provided them with the ammunition they need to fill their phenomenal order, but it turns out the ammunition is from China which is banned.  They can't use it.  So they decide to rebag, and rebox the rounds and then ship them to their destination.

Teller's character is a bit more sympathetic and you can at least relate to him a bit.  Hill's character is just a low down jerk.  I despised him!  So... good going Jonah Hill because i think that's how we were supposed to feel.

It's worth seeing and the storyline is interesting, if not slightly overdone... How many movies have been made regarding the crooked dealings of everyday people in order to make shady money?  Too many to count.  The acting is decent and it did what it was supposed to do, it entertained me for a couple of hours.

The language was a bit on the... vulgar side.  Lots of swearing.  Lot's of "F" bombs
but the sex and violence was minimal.  considering this is a movie about running guns.

The IMDB gave it 7.3 stars
Rotten Tomatoes only gave it 59% (critic ratings) but 73% (audience Ratings)
my rating is based on 3 stars.  I give it 2. stars.