Is the movie war dogs based on a true story?

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller team up in War Dogs, a new dramedy from The Hangover director Todd Phillips. The film, in theaters Aug 19, features Hill and Teller as a pair of young stoners who end up becoming weapons suppliers for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. read more

War Dogs finds these guys literally under fire while personally transporting their goods across enemy territory, which didn’t happen. Also, Packouz is given a girlfriend in the movie (Ana de Armas), unlike the real story. read more

While the new film War Dogs is certainly a Hollywood dramatization of two American arms dealers, the facts of the true story still remain shocking. Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz were stoners from Miami Beach when they landed a $298million contract from the Department of Defense to supply ammunition to the Afghan military in 2007. read more