War Dogs - Recensioner

...this true-life tale couldn’t be more emblematic of our cynical age, wherein the time-honored, bootstrap path to the American Dream has been replaced with cutting corners and cheating the system.

Buoyed by riveting lead performances, and driven by a compelling real-life story, this is proof that Phillips can handle grown-up material.

Jonah Hill delivers a charm offensive as a profiteering arms dealer...

Jonah Hill is so repellent – all swagger, sweat and unapologetic sexism – (...) that for a while, you don’t immediately realise what a blitzkrieg of a performance he delivers.

Det osannolika i just den här berättelsen skapar också onekligen per automatik komik.

Her har vi en film om to bro’s med en noget tvivlsom moral...

...det er kun Jonah Hill, der formår at puste liv i ’Scarface’-fanatikeren (...) og den grænsepsykotiske Efraim med en tilstedeværelse og timing, der løfter filmens underholdningsniveau betydeligt.

Här finns både drama, action och helt galen humor, en perfekt kombination…