True Story of Two Young Friends Landing a $300 Million Contract to Supply Afghan Forces With Guns

The true story of two young men that make a fortune getting into the weapon dealing business but find trouble when they try to trick the Pentagon.
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[@kurumi9714]

Considering the amount of total lockdown we've been in since 2020, a house arrest for 7 months isn't that bad at all. 😁

[@seb2750]

In todays pandemic world, its quite good actually. Not to mention David got a suitcase of money too at the end. I will take house arrest with a suitcase of money in 2020s anytime.

[@Wolf-wc1js]

@@seb2750 I’m pretty sure that money was illegal since he was given it to stop asking questions about his Albanian driver so he can’t necessarily spend that money

[@seb2750]

@@Wolf-wc1js Money laundering is a thing my friend. Try asking Saul if you need ideas

[@lm3729]

@@seb2750 yep, compared to the $1200 we got for a year.

[@bengermin3104]

House arrest is better than prison. Whoever breaks that ankle thing is a dumbass

[@angelasenov6173]

70 federal crimes = 4 years of prison and they would also be able to sell guns to the government afterwards ? xD seems very reasonable

[@bgos4727]

People with weed gets more time

[@brayallen7290]

Not only that but the other guy only got 7 months of house arrest. And still can go back to selling guns. What a funny world we live in.

[@bloodman098]

Honestly this is exactly how the justice system should work. Prisons should be for people with violent crimes and sex crimes we shouldn't have people serving 200 years for a pound of weed

[@Ayush-dk3yy]

This is America

[@Mandingo_]

Its a movie ffs. Y so serious?

[@shturm602]

Quite a bit of the plot is actually true. David, Efraim, and Ralph were all real people, and they indeed tried to sell off old Chinese-made ammunition from Albania. Oh, and Efraim really did get sentenced to only 4 years in prison IRL.

[@allaansnackbar4269]

Honestly bro I’d take that cause he wasn’t in super max either

[@jayy24195]

Honestly so wild that's true lol guy got Hella lucky with such a small sentence

[@mrsandman1274]

surprising I thought for sure that would be at least 10 - 15 years.

[@HSSANITO]

@@mrsandman1274 with something like that you’d get life lmfao

[@mrsandman1274]

@@HSSANITO I don’t know about a life sentence but it definitely seems like it would be a long ass sentence

[@RandoBurner]

I was actually one of the extras when this movie was filmed in Romania.

[@SayedSafwan]

Where are you?

[@freddyboy800]

That's awesome!

[@michaudjared]

Sure you was

[@achyutkeshinisudan4942]

I've seen this comment earlier

[@lewisofthehoood]

@@michaudjared lmao, checked your channel and you don't believe a guy was an extra in a movie but you do believe in ghosts? Haahhahha

[@kangekrust5712]

I'm addicted to these movie recaps 🥰

[@fridge713]

@@mr.darkman9279 you shouldnt be addictrd to anything other than water air and food, yet everyone is addicted to more than those three things

[@____-gy5mq]

This is GIGN HQ. My men are dead or dying! I've been exposed!

[@WizardWrld]

Yeah I agree

[@kristopherdetar4346]

Saves a ton of precious time catching up on old movies.

[@mikhailr2005]

I am your 333th like lol

[@lc31777]

They are able to take federal contracts again! It’s 2022 lol

[@Bryan_1744]

Imagine they make a second movie about redoing it again

[@jerbs5346]

On 9/28/22 AEY will be able to bid on federal contracts once more.

[@sirtrollalot7762]

@@jerbs5346 on my birthday!!!! its a sign guys

[@RTSOC]

Theh should make a sequal

[@jood9574]

Apparently the true year is 2025 I'm not sure why they changed that

[@AHeartBrokenGuy]

Despite what Henry did, he was still a real one. Respect to Henry.

[@DoctorFZero]

Bro oof'd Bashkim though

[@skrrt702]

Efraim is a snake, he ripped up the contract, lied to his best friend, and still pretends he's innocent.

[@bloodysinner9456]

What do you expect from a Christ killer?

[@mr.z6887]

@@bloodysinner9456 well, its karma if he wasnt that greedy he would have been rich

[@jonahsunshine9273]

@@bloodysinner9456 antisemitic lies 😂

[@RealRotkohl]

David was never his friend. As said in the video, he was a pawn.

[@maybeasinner8007]

@@jonahsunshine9273 "aNtIsEmEtIc LiEs" lmfao. Truth hurts, doesn't it?

[@blerbo1053]

Im from Albania and a really similar thing has actually happen with the selling of weapons to countries which were at war.Mos of them were illegal sellings.Actually there used to come a cargo plane to come and collect weapons in the airport using an old tunnel made during the communist era.This plane used to come everynight after the last passanger flight and it stoped comming after the “Gerdec” weapon dismentlment facility exploded. Soo all in all the idea of this movie is true.

[@hitsonc1713]

Woah

[@blackoffee]

Its based on a true story so yea..

[@bilalweldon8789]

Share your Instagram account I would like to know more.

[@aesyamazeli8804]

This is based on true story

[@mappingstation2818]

@@bilalweldon8789 basically after the government opened it's military depots in 1997 for the population in order to protect themselves during some crisis of violent revolts because of pyramid scenes, everyone could get free ammo , free guns , rpgs , like literally everything from the military depots, there were even people with tanks in the roads ,robbing banks , gold vaults everything literally. I wish i was an adult back then , everyone could have made millions of $ if they were clever on using the opportunity. The movie is set after 97 i think but the gun delers of course got support from the high officials, so they could earn their part too . Fucking cool!

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

My favourite part is when a guy gets fired for asking "What does AEY stand for. What do the letters mean?"

[@thepizzalife8758]

First

[@Adam0Null]

Jonah Hill Moment

[@realbobby7677]

The name of the company actually comes from the first letter of Efraim's siblings... the 'E' is from Efraim

[@Lewis95xp]

A Chinese knockoff of Fonzie?

[@flappy7373]

i have to imagine that the mystery guy with the suitcase full of money was pure fiction.. otherwise there's a dead massage therapist somewhere in miami

[@Isopropyl7915]

The guy probably used a fake name to protect mystery man and himself + profit

[@blackoffee]

Based on the real guy but that ending didn't happen

[@mr.nobody2191]

What actually happened was they couldn't get the Albanian ammo so the guy Jonah Hill plays started using any ammo he could buy which most of it was junk the Iraqis complained to the us and the department of defense investigated AEY

[@blackoffee]

@@mr.nobody2191 thats not what the book says..i read the one written by guy lawson

[@mr.nobody2191]

@@blackoffee I don't remember all the details

[@pirateplebxd1440]

This movie is insanely good, i advice watching the real one first, so you can enjoy it longer, a real classic

[@michaelsmustang5.099]

name of the real one

[@luisnieves1844]

@@michaelsmustang5.099 Battle Canines

[@jossy_kngl6084]

@@luisnieves1844 lmao, I see what you did there😂

[@quadzilla2665]

@@michaelsmustang5.099 watch the first 10 seconds and it says...

[@redox8419]

Fr one of the best movies ive watched

[@hoodiehat7126]

I like how Jonah wore his yarmulke when offering him the 200k.

[@tijuana_503]

Your work helps millions. In cutting time in Half For Other Priorities 😎👍

[@fredymedina1165]

Hell yes!!

[@midnightmidnight532]

I think it's a little more than half.

[@thegoober8797]

Movie Recaps made watching movies better and quicker . Maybe it's just me, but I get the SAME satisfaction watching recaps than watching the whole movie!

[@DogeMultiverse]

short attention span goes brrrr

[@amitpalbains9361]

I think it’s great for when you want to rewatch a movie.

[@M.D.G.98]

How this movie cald and where can i watch it

[@aaronlanglois1962]

Same

[@realbobby7677]

It's mind blowing to learn that the actor, Jonah Hill, is actually 2 years older than the real person he portrayed, Efraim Diveroli, in this film, usually it's the other way round....

[@arthurmorgan8941]

How’s being older mind blowing?

[@Original_Major]

@@arthurmorgan8941 you really cant tell?

[@mastersquishy2388]

@@Original_Major ?? i dont get how thats mind blowing either

[@Ajaxlancer]

@@Original_Major Bro in most movies you have people massively older playing roles. The rare case would be someone too young for a role. Look at every Spider-Man or high school movie.

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

I think you just smoked a little too much

[@onter.eo1]

The Scarface poster in Efraims AEY office is cold af

[@nlcrypto7324]

When you tell your wife your gonna sell sheets but don't finish the sentence sheets of firearms

[@creemcheesebagel]

Can't believe he went from a jazz drummer to a gun dealer

[@unboxistic]

Now enlisted in the air force

[@higherpower254]

Not quite his tempo

[@ajaychoudhary9817]

even after doing such heinous shit they basically got away with it

[@dumisaninkosi2288]

whats so heinous about it

[@zacktheprogamer7999]

@@dumisaninkosi2288 he believes that the world is a better place without runrunners. While unfortunately gun runners get a pass by some to sell as those weapons in the end can be used by our allies without a government paper trail.

[@hunorszentpeteri1732]

@@zacktheprogamer7999 Yeah, but it is just as easy the other way around. They sold to both sides.

[@adu-mensahemmanuel1515]

A neat recap. I've seen the movie and this recap drives me back on memory lane.

[@thefanficdinosaur7621]

You donut make cents. A video cannot make your drive on a road. Lern to think before you comment next time.

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

A really good funny movie with some good actors. Don't think it was received well, but it's a fun watch

[@thegooddoctor413]

man, that ending was surprisingly wholesome

[@Gimmegames4free6942]

This is literally a mix between lord of the war and wolf of wall street lol

[@leo34657]

I feel like I've seen at least 3-4 recap channels do this movie now😂

[@ninobarisic2506]

what work you are doing. this is brilliant. keep doing what u do, thank you

[@jarlikovsky6912]

They did my boy Bashkin dirty man 😞

[@kinleypenjor9399]

The message I got from this movie: 50% of the problems around the world gets manufactured in America.

[@AnimeErudite]

Not really and idk how u got this message

[@jerbs5346]

Ehhhh bad one.

[@bitterweet5115]

true

[@samratmakaju6869]

@@AnimeErudite Lol. Us army are the one in war they are the one who bomb they are the one who do all things and at last they are the one they plea to help them lol so... Usa is responsible

[@RafaelCabreraAzrael]

90%

[@fluffyspark798]

I like these recaps!

[@ax3226]

There’s always a guy named Marlboro that knows how to smuggle

[@natashawinter4854]

Love this channel

[@notsure1276]

Great recap

[@adwetagajbhiye4899]

I wish MOVIE RECAPS was also on tv.😊

[@N-b-dy]

All things considered David got off pretty easy imo

[@Arnold.S]

The narrating is so soothing and explains it really well and to the point

[@randomvideos8741]

keep up the great videos i love watching these videos befor bed

[@MatejB69]

War is profitable business, thats why Afghanistan lasted for 20 years

[@cpK054L]

lol 20 years? Try 50 years. US has been involved in that conflict since 1970's. I found out the British have been in that country since the 1990's. I saw the wall of KIAs for the Royal Marine Commandos dated 1991.

[@bananowyzboj8470]

nice work , keep it up :D

[@trcythmpsn]

I love how you can commit 70 federal crimes involving guns and ammo and international transactions and only get 4 years and later on do it all again. Welcome to 2022 AEY! Let's sell some guns haha

[@oscarrmelchor]

Corruption in the legal system.

[@ninzapou]

Because he dealt with the govt with the black market.

[@datboykrazy8616]

that’s if you are white, if you are black it’s not the same

[@Madasin_Paine]

Making arms trafficking attractive! Like drugs. PHarma too. MIC too. A - Z >~>

[@netkap9920]

@@datboykrazy8616 white and jewish

[@JamesRhed935]

The real David Packouz actually had a cameo in this movie as the singer in the retirement home

[@tomgabriel5150]

IRL he would give the entire home "happy endings"

[@Moviegrapevine]

@@tomgabriel5150 you’re wrong for that lol

[@tomgabriel5150]

@@Moviegrapevine hey atleast they left that out of the movie lol

[@Moviegrapevine]

@@tomgabriel5150 deleted scenes?

[@localafghanshepherd7414]

Honestly I feel bad for Bashkim

[@MrLolx2u]

"Iraq", not "Afghani". They tossed bid to supply pistols to the new Iraqi defense forces, especially the newly rebuilt Iraqi Police but it's the bullet that they sold that got them into trouble which was what the "Afghan Deal" was all about. It's about ammo, not guns. Also, it DID happen. Both did go to Albania, bought up all the ammo they can lay their hands on despite knowing the Chinese weapons embargo the US had since Tiananmen and resold it after repackaging it to the US and sent it towards Afghanistan. Also, fun fact: The actress that acted as Iz, Ana de Armas, was a Cuban who can't speak a lick of English when she got the role and she learnt everything prior to even being in the show. She practiced English for 6 months consistently and became pretty flawless when it comes to English when the movie started production.

[@billcook4768]

Ana has always been pretty flawless.

[@krugersavage6347]

That Jordan to Iraq to getting paid sequence was America f*ck yeah moment

[@here_be_dragons9184]

And it was all fake... There are many articles on subject: the story is basically two guys not even in their mid twenties with no expertise winning government arm contracts and that's crazy enough, but all their adventures "in the field" basically never happened, it was all white collar stuff.

[@blackopsquay]

All Efraim had to do was pay Enver. It was 100K. It’s amazing how people shoot themselves in the foot.

[@thedude2916]

jew

[@Aobtodd]

​@@thedude2916*happy merchant*

[@VaibhavShewale]

damn, based on true stories hit hard

[@PhoenixXF1R3]

Do the social network movie. Will go great with your little melody in the background ✌️

[@lperks2670]

Subliminal messaging with Marlboro & the cigarettes 😂

[@nerdowlesa]

It’s 2022…. they get to start selling again….watch out for part 2!!

[@PhoenixXF1R3]

This is great. First time here. Love the explaining of the movie. I see people want Blow done. Town if hasn't been done. Heat is other good one. Running scared with Paul walker. Also. If you would let us know what melody is playing in the background. Put it in the info section or pin it at top. Thank you. Like your channel so far , keep up the good work and song please in background ✌️

[@fitforfreelance]

Nice recap I always wondered how this movie went

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

I really loved this movie.

[@oris9593]

i love these types of movies ngl

[@jonnsolis8133]

I love you Movie Recaps

[@Rick16.7]

I love this movie and watched it last year and it was a good movie my friends showed me

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

RIP to the cab driver

[@ayandasikithi]

Keeping it 100, got David the best outcome

[@barackdwaynecenajohson3289]

1:54 benson is everywhere

[@humptydumpty9205]

This movie gives me so much motivation its really a great movie about entrpreneurship loved it

[@istoppedlaughing5225]

This is how wars goes on and on and on

[@dabulphilly]

Moral of the story is be loyal and NEVER 🐀!

[@normandy2501]

Or at least pay the people helping you do your dirt lol

[@panther7584]

Fuck loyal, money is where my loyal lies.

[@ChilledP]

@@panther7584 Sad life you lead

[@emiliodelbozo3155]

@@ChilledP Succesful tho.

[@patricklisa1438]

What is the title of the movie?

[@shakurburton9358]

My all time favorite WB Film from the late 2010s. Back when Warner Bros. knew what they were doing, that is.

[@jk3jk35]

This movie introduced us to Ana de Armas

[@xaviermadsen607]

Fun fact the guitarist at 0:30 is the real david irl, he had a cameo

[@jonahsunshine9273]

So the did the other guy i just dont remember his cameo

[@Bajicoy]

There was more plot than I remembered, thanks!

[@sergiopirela5864]

Just watched this yesterday. I understand things a lot better now than when i first saw it in theaters 🤣

[@fresco1037]

where can i watch this pls

[@shaswatshourya5077]

I'd say it's better if you watch the film it's very well directed and choreographed.

[@redox8419]

This is such a good film

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

it ended badly, but at least he got that suitcase at the end

[@joseascencio70]

Thank you for explaining the movie 🍿 to me 😂😂

[@rackcity-sz4oy]

this movie is so good and i couldnt even follow the story

[@ulfricstormcloak7142]

I love this movie!

[@zookeykneetv]

Committing 70 federal crimes and only getting 4 years is wild

[@Keekeeks]

One of my favorite movies ever

[@brycepage9980]

This is my all time favorite movie

[@gokeane6963]

Ty

[@jakea4436]

I’ve watched this movie twice. Why am I here?

[@augmenautus]

Loved that movie

[@souljaunt3291]

"Watch out and take care".

[@Fai_2nice]

Damn, great story

[@leoparman7933]

i feel bad for the driver :(

[@adrianguzman4987]

Just put the name of the movies in the description

[@djisharaf7978]

That a good idea

[@ifardedandshidded5519]

idk if it said in the video but it’s war dogs

[@GhostDrummer]

0:03 It’s literally in the first five seconds…the narrator says it and the name is on the screen.

[@Mimi1i1]

"and they are so nervous about it that they smoke some strong pot before entering" oh hell naw. 😭

[@RafaelCabreraAzrael]

this movie was crazy good

[@Braino2895]

Show more movies like this bro

[@investing4everyonevideos303]

gives a new definition to a "go getter".

[@Bigshart410]

Miles Teller + Jonah Hill = Comedy Duo.

[@Zjdudhdb]

I am albanian and in this mouvie they didnt put the albanian tragedy of 26 people dead those who were packing the emunition who was bought from them to sell in iraq to us army. That tragedy lead to. Some other deaths.

[@barshaislam5931]

This story is just shows the world how war makes some greedy people rich

[@GentlemanGaming1122]

War Dogs One of my faviroute films of all time. So much that I watched it twice. 8/10/2022 8:13 AM

[@kspavankrishna]

good movie..

[@Pabloeskobar6680]

good movie

[@BoundInChains]

This narration voice is second to none.

[@kendrickbritto8556]

Never forget to pay the box guy!!!

[@Thomasthetank1916]

Bro really jeopardized his relationship with Ana de Armas for money

[@gil828]

I love this movie 😂👌

[@alexanderacevedo1610]

Called watch dogs

[@smitty1937]

"Spoilers ahead ☺️" Oh boy, free movie!

[@abdoulkaderhassan3975]

You can bid and do trustable business.

[@withthesun13]

I used to hang out with David when I lived in Miami. We were both in the local music scene there. He came over to my apartment a few times to play music and chill and always tried to explain me what he did but I wouldn’t fully understand until the movie came out, and I was like whaaaatt??? 😄

[@misterrickroll9428]

no way, really?

[@withthesun13]

@@misterrickroll9428 yes, he’s a super chill dude. I remember sometimes texting him to hang out and he’d say that he wasn’t allowed to leave the house 😄 I moved out of Miami but we still message each other once in a blue moon.

[@trenchcoatbandit]

hands down my favorite movie with Jonah Hill