Lord of War

United States

2005

122 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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EXEC Bradley Cramp, Christopher Eberts, Fabrice Gianfermi, Michael Mendelsohn, Andreas Schmid, James D. Stern

PROD Andrew Niccol, Chris Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Philippe Rousselet, Andy Grosch, Norm Golightly

CAST Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Sammi Rotibi, Yevgeni Lazarev, Donald Sutherland

Guns are bad. And people aren’t much better. Such is the straightforward message of Lord Of War. But while the film is powered by a righteous anger, it is also very funny, stylish and daring. Nicolas Cage melds his action man and off-kilter personalities together to play Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who realises gun-running is a business that will never die – providing you don’t get killed with your own merchandise. He’s clever and heartless, a little like the movie. –BBC Film Archive

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Markus Baumknecht

5Apr12

Hugely interesting choice of topic and cool intro, but the rest of the film is just watered down to the usual Hollywood standards. It pretty much fails to satisfactorily address any of the questions it should: Why is trading arms different from trading commodity goods? Is there a moral responsibility in being 'just' the middle man? The list goes on... Oh, and did I mention the acting? What an utter disappointment.

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