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War Dogs

Yo. It's been a while. Needed to do stuff but for now I'm back. So, anyway, let's get to the review. Walking in, I was under the impression that Todd Phillips' most recent film, War Dogs , would be like previous films he made: a raunchy comedy that pushes the limits on drugs, language, and nudity. This has come to be expected from the guy who directed The Hangover trilogy and Due Date , and who produced Project X . Nope. Whoever decided this film should be marketed as a comedy needs to be fired. This film at most has one or two funny moments. They're quite brief and they serve as a reminder to us all the Todd Phillips has become very much unfunny and his golden days are behind him. It should have marketed as a "based on a true story" political drama. It probably would have done better at the box office then. The film follows two guys with weird, unpronounceable names despite the fact that they are American. David Packouz (played by Miles Teller, w