Efraim introduces David to the world of government contracting. Specifically, they exploit a Clinton-era initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. They land small deals, making decent money, but their eyes are on the prize: The Afghan War. They stumble upon a massive contract to supply the Afghan National Army—a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
It is a trope as old as Hollywood itself: the unlikely duo thrust into a world of high stakes and higher immorality, navigating a system far beyond their comprehension. But in the 2016 film War Dogs , directed by Todd Phillips, the tropes are elevated by the sheer absurdity of the truth. Based on a Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, the film chronicles the real-life story of two young men from Miami Beach who, through a mixture of hubris, opportunism, and government loopholes, became international arms dealers during the Iraq War. war dogs movie stream
In the film, the duo embarks on a harrowing drive through Iraq called the "Triangle of Death" to deliver a shipment personally. This sequence is one of the most tense in the movie. In reality, this drive never happened. It was a fabrication invented for the article by Guy Lawson (and subsequently the script) because the real-life Packouz and Diveroli had bragged about doing it. They had lied about the drive to impress people, and the movie dramatized the lie they told. Efraim introduces David to the world of government