War Dogs (movie on NF), based on true story of 20-ish dudes who sell arms to the Government

[Hugh_Lebowski]

Is worth a watch. It's not brilliant, but you won't feel like you wasted your time, primarily because it's based on a real-life story you may recall from the news around 2010, so it's cool for the historical aspect of it no matter what.

A couple of (basically) kids put together a company to fulfill arms contracts for the Pentagon, and eventually land a deal to sell the Army 100,000,000 AK-47 rounds ... for a LOT of money.

Spoiler: they go about doing so in a very shady way, and get into some trouble. This is foreshadowed from the first scene, so ... it's not that much of a spoiler.

AFA watching w/kids goes, I'd say it's suitable for 15 and up viewers. There's some light drug use (a couple of rails are done, and pot is smoked copiously) and a scene in a strip club (no nudity), and F-words are thrown around occasionally, but violence is minimal and not gory and overall it's not a 'dark' movie, pretty light-hearted considering the subject matter. A drama-comedy if you will.

[AndyS]

1. I will have a look at this one. My favorite along these lines is

Lord of War. It's a Nicolas Cage movie, I think written and financed by him and inspired by real events. Not a comedy!

On Amazon Prime.

[Luciferous]

2. That is a great movie!

[pansypoo53219]

3. i tried it when i was surfing on demand movies + i recommend it.

[bif]

4. Hard to believe it's based on real life

While watching it I kept reminding myself that this really happened! Really enjoyed it!