Director Todd Phillips takes us in a different direction with latest movie 'War Dogs'

After making us laugh on The Hangover, director Todd Phillips delves into bad decisions of a more serious kind in War Dogs, writes Katy Harrington

YOU might not have heard of director Todd Phillips, but you’ve probably watched one of his movies (Old School, Road Trip, Starsky & Hutch and the insanely popular Hangover trilogy to name a few).

Phillips’ latest movie, War Dogs, marks a slight departure from recent form. Based on a true story, it’s set during the Iraq war. Our protagonists are Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, two weed-smoking twenty-something school friends from Miami. The former played by Moneyball’s Jonah Hill, the latter by Miles Teller, who starred as a gifted drummer with a psycho teacher in the brilliant Whiplash.