War Dogs Review: 5 Ups & 4 Downs
On one hand, War Dogs is quite clearly both a satire and criticism of American gun culture, and in a time where the gun control conversation is more fervent than ever, that's to be applauded.
However, it's hard to deny that the movie also deeply fetishises gun use throughout, what with the perceived sexiness of David and Efraim's scheming, and has certainly sold itself on giant guns and shootouts in its marketing campaign.
It'll be down to individual audiences whether this affects their enjoyment of the film (in much the same way that many criticised Scorsese for glorifying Jordan Belfort's behaviour in The Wolf of Wall Street), but it remains clear that Hollywood's relationship with violence remains somewhat troubling.
At least there is some critical insight here, though, so that's something, right?
And now, here's everything that War Dogs got right...