War Dogs is a perfectly average film. It has some action, some drama, some comedy, but not enough of any particular one for me to concretely assign it to a genre.
The summary said this is based on a true story, and while that is accurate, my post-watch Googling left me annoyed at how embellished it is. Every action scene is fiction, along with the ending briefcase of cash. Their backer in the movie is a Jewish dry-cleaner chain owner, but it was actually a Mormon machine gun manufacturer. The movie includes a turning point when they successfully save a deal for Berettas that they actually defaulted on.
I guess most movies are fiction so it shouldn't matter, but if you're presenting it as a true story, I want my googling to be more "wow that's crazy that this really happened!" and less "okay so which parts did actually happen?
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