While certain critics have praised it as a “scathing indictment of Dick Cheney’s America” ( Salon), it is no such thing. Overall, director Todd Phillips ( The Hangover, Due Date) has made a rather juvenile film about American arms dealers during the Iraq War. Unfortunately, War Dogs’ insights, as restricted as they are, more or less end there. Anybody who tells you otherwise is either in on it or stupid.” We see footage of various Bush administration officials, and then we hear, “War is an economy. The air conditioning for the military bases used in these wars alone costs $4.5 billion each year. According to the film, it costs $17,500 to equip one US soldier––and at least two million soldiers have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan so far. We are told in a narration that war is essentially big business. The film War Dogs starts out somewhat promisingly. D irected by Todd Phillips screenplay by Phillips, Stephen Chin and Jason Smilovic based on a Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson
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