Inspired by a Rolling Stones article titled, “Arms and the Dudes” this is a movie based on a true story. It is one of those tales where if it was a work of fiction, no one would believe it. After the fallout of the Halliburton contract with the Iraq War, given then Vice president Dick Chaney’s relationship with the company, the US started to allow almost anyone to make military contract bids (You never hear conservatives being outraged about that situation). As a result, two twenty-something kids landed a $300 million arms deal with the US government.
David Packouz (Miles Teller) was working as a massage therapist in South Florida. It’s not very good money for him and now he finds out that his girlfriend (Ana de Armas) is pregnant. He hooks up with his childhood friend, Efraim, (Jonah Hill) who is just starting an arms supply business. A new website lists all the contracts the US has open for bidding. At first they just land small contracts, but then they hit the big one. They con their way to land one of the biggest Pentagon deals ever to help arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. This time though, they bite off more than they can chew.