The actors of the film “Guys with Trunks” (2016) managed to create on the screen an image of really risky heroes, real adventurers, ready for almost anything to make money and experience another rush of adrenaline. The director was Todd Phillips.
The plot of the picture
The actors of the film “Guys with trunks” (2016) received positive reviews from critics and viewers. Many of their work was appreciated.
In the film “Guys with Trunks” (2016), the plot is built around the real story of two 20-year-old friends from Miami who manage to get a huge contract from the Pentagon. They pledge to deliver weapons worth $ 300 million.
One of the main characters is an ordinary massage therapist named David Pakuz. His life changes dramatically when he meets his childhood friend, whom he has not seen for many years. This is Ephraim Diveroli. It turns out that over the years, Ephraim has succeeded in mediating the sale of weapons and military ammunition between the American government and other states. He offers David to become his companion, he needs a trusted and reliable person in such matters.
As soon as David agrees, his life changes dramatically. Especially financially. Over time, the affairs of friends only go uphill, and when they receive a solid contract from the Pentagon, it seems that they have come to success. But in reality, everything does not turn out as they planned.
Todd Phillips
The film “Guys with Trunks” for director Todd Phillips was the thirteenth full-length film. He grew up in New York. Todd's first job was to trade in a store specializing in rare and explicit films. There he drew his first cinematic impressions.
The fame was brought to him by the comedy Road Adventure, which was released in 2000. This is a story about how the life of the protagonist collapses in an instant. Once he relieves his acquaintance of a tedious boyfriend, attempts to calm a frustrated girl end in sex. All this is recorded by a video camera, and the next morning he mistakenly sends this tape to his girlfriend instead of a romantic declaration of love. Friends hit the road to intercept incriminating material.
Almost all Phillips films were shot in this vein. The most famous of them - "School of villains", "Bachelor party in Vegas", "End-to-end".
Jonah hill
In the movie "Guys with trunks" (2016), actor John Hill plays a major role. He gets the image of Ephraim Diveroli.
Hill is a popular American actor who has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. True, the cherished figurine he never got. Both times, he claimed victory as the best supporting male actor.
In 2012, his work was evaluated in Bennett Miller’s biographical drama “The Man Who Changed Everything”. There he played Peter Brand. But the victory that year was awarded to Christopher Plummer for the role of Hal in the tragicomedy Mike Mills "Beginners".
In 2014, Hill was nominated for the second time. Now for the image of Donnie Azoff, he created the biographical drama of Martin Scorsese "The Wolf of Wall Street". But again failed to celebrate the victory. The best supporting actor was Jared Leto, who played Rayon in the drama Jean-Marc Vallee "Dallas Buyers Club."
Work in the film “Guys with trunks” (2016) for actor Hill has become one of the successful leading roles. You can also recall his participation in the comedy of Nicholas Stoller "Escape from Vegas", the comedic action movie Phil Lord and Chris Miller's "Macho and Nerd."
Miles Teller
In the film “Guys with Trunks” (2016), the actors and the roles they play organically fit together. So, Miles Teller plays David Pakuz. By the way, a real character who turned from a massage therapist into an arms dealer, and then became a musician and inventor.
For Miles, this work was one of the most successful in his career. He made his debut on the big screen in 2009 in the detective drama "Unusual Detective."
First of all, he was remembered by the audience in the drama of John Cameron Mitchell "Rabbit Hole", Neil Berger's sci-fi dystopia "Divergent", the musical psychological drama Damien Chazell's "Obsession", and the fantastic superhero action movie Josh Trunk "Fantastic Four".
Ana De Armas
The main female role in this picture is played by a Cuban-Spanish actress named Ana De Armas. She got the image of Iz.
Although Armas was born in Cuba, she studied in America. And then she returned to the island. In her first film, she starred at the age of 16. It was a picture of "Rose of France."
The first successful work was the role of Carola in the Spanish drama Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes “Sex, parties and lies”. In 2015, she was featured in the thriller Eli Rota "Who's There."
Among her recent successful projects, it is worth noting the thriller Antonio Negreta "Overdrive" and the science fiction thriller Denis Villeneuve "Blade Runner 2049". Both paintings were released in 2017. The role in the film "Blade Runner 2049", according to critics, was a real breakthrough for the actress.