Dogs of War (2024)

Name: Dogs of War
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2026-01-23T08:40:13+01:00
Rating: 3.17

Documentary | 90 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Biography

Duration: 90 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: David Whitney

Stars: Dave Tomkins, Peter McAleese and Alex Lennox

IMDb score: 6,8 (60)

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Dogs of War plot

Dave Tomkins was a British safecracker turned mercenary in Angola. This documentary follows his spectacular rise and dramatic fall. With unique access to Tomkins himself, his associates, and the man who ultimately captured him, a story of wealth, danger, and betrayal unfolds.

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Filmkriebel

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today at 08:40

It’s astonishing what this man has been through. You can’t even capture it in a film and even if you could it would be a mix of the eponymous The Dogs of War (Film, 1980) and Lord of War (Film, 2005) ... David Tomkins was active as a mercenary in Angola, then became an international arms dealer and was paid to kill Escobar. I thought it was a gripping documentary that takes a fascinating look at the underworld of mercenaries... ultimately their motivation is nothing more than making money because they were basically too stupid to do anything else. Tomkins, a self-confessed criminal, has no regrets about his life (he has many lives on his conscience) and talks about it like a cool businessman.