“With its still frame edit drops and frequent stretches of voiceover narration, War Dogs riffs on Scorsese even as it echoes Phillips’ own work with the Hangover series, presenting the risk of bodily harm from risible characters as fodder for bro-down arrogance.
“Meanwhile, 2005’s Lord of War paired Nicolas Cage with Jared Leto as emotionally broken arms-dealing brothers.
“Performance Worth Watching: Jonah Hill makes Efraim Diveroli the kid whose version of congeniality is abrasive, obnoxious, and pretty obviously transparent, but just genuine enough to be magnetic.
“Outwardly a loudmouth who lives even louder, Hill is also sure to convey how truly empty Diveroli is at his core. He gloats, grovels, spits garrulous game, and shits on relationships — whatever it takes to convert on a deal.
“And all of it is couched in a nasally, dismissive guffaw.”
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