Review of War Dogs (2016) by Therealmashhead — 26 Aug 2016

War Dogs: Shia Lebeouf & Seth are 'Murican, **** Yeah!

Now you're thinking **** this guy he can't even get the actors right! But only one of the points in that sentence is correct, **** me, but before you do Sir - I can't be the only one who thinks Miles Teller comes across as a sedated, slight more serial Killery version of the Transformers star?

No, just me? Ok, moving on.

War Dogs at its heart wants to be Scorsese film, unfortunately in doing so all Todd Phillips has managed to do is leave what should be a witty and well scene'd film with absolutely no ****ing identity. Which is a real shame because I am a fan of Todd Phillips. (Link to greatest comedy scene in the comment section).

Luckily for us though this film has Johan Hill, who pulls his second best performance in his 3 performance career (Game: name them). The banter between Miles and Johan - at first - is top notch, bordering on Big Bad Willy & Martin Lawrence levels. However, like all used out porn stars the story starts to suffer with a - too slow - 'From Rags' - with a too quick - 'Too Riches' plotline.

Don't get me wrong, again, like with all used out porn stars; theres still a good **** in it. It just felt like it could have been so much more.

The fact that I have not mention Miles Teller is a Tell tale sign (lol, pun) of how forgettable his character is. Giving him the old "Forgotten Child" trope:

"Forgotten Child Trope: Wherein a character or characters are given a child as a way to deploy emotion depth at the expense of the realism of raising a child. Seen in such shows as EastEnders, Hollyoaks and Crimewatch.".

Truly a boring character, Miles is only given the chance to act when in Scene with Johan, which he does well.

Overall: One of the best gun running film that is not as good as Nicolas Cage's Load of War, imagine that.

A semi sloppy 4.