David Packouz (Miles Teller) is a massage therapist in Miami, his girlfriend is pregnant and every attempt to get ahead he makes seems to fail. Life is turning upside down for David, but when he is at a funeral, a ghost from his past comes back into his life and things change. Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) was his best friend in high school and had a penchant for getting David into trouble. Efraim’s life seems to have taken a turn for the better since high school and he decides to let this high school buddy in on a scheme that has the potential to make them both rich. He has found a loophole in arms dealing to the US government. This legal, but questionable venture could move them from small time arms contractors to much bigger opportunities. Their role is considered to be bottom dwellers on the arms dealing food chain, War Dogs. A relatively unnoticed position, but with persistence they eventually move up the ladder of success and find themselves with a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan military. The challenge is the getting everything to come together to complete the deal. Their ethical choices have the potential to put their company, families and lives in jeopardy.
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