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Features Actors: Jared Leto, Nicholas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Bridget Moynahan, ian Holm & Eamonn Walker. Running Time: 122 Min. Rating: R "Lord of War" is about a man named Yuri (Nicolas Cage) who in the early 80's decides that he doesn't want to just work in a restaurant for the rest of his life and decides that instead he wants to be an arms dealer. Once he makes his first sale, Yuri is hooked on the feeling of making big money for selling firearms, and continues to sell the firearms but he wants more and more of a profit and more and more of a challenge. It's not until an Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) is hot on Yuri's case that he begins to question the nature of his business and whether what he is doing for a living is moral and if he should be responsible for the hands these weapons get into and what they are used for. A powerful performance by Nicolas Cage, as well as a great thought-provoking movie ensues… I love movies like this one for a few reasons. The main reason is that for the most part you can't predict what is going to happen next or where the film is going. Another reason I like movies like this is because it's powerful and its makes you think. And lastly I like a movie like this because it doesn't end in a typical way and actually leaves you feeling blown-away and surprised. The filmed starred Nicolas Cage who lately has done of some the best work of his career. His performance here is top-notch and powerful. There are so many other people in the film including Jared Leto, Ian Holm, Ethan Hawke and Bridget Moynahan to name a few who are also very good at the roles they played. This film is written and directed by Andre Niccol the same man who wrote "The Terminal" and "The Truman Show". I guess this movie all comes down to how open minded the movie-goers who see this are. I guess it also amounts to where you stand on the political fence. The film is not for those who don't have an open mind about things that are going on in the world today. The movie is based on true events so be warned that some of things shown in the film are happening in real life or did happen at one point in time. To be honest, I do believe what the film states in the end, it doesn't seem at all far fetched. It's like Yuri says in the film "it's not our war and no matter what we do we can't stop it" and that's true it's like smoking kills people every day but there are people who run cigarette companies everyday knowing that they are killing people every single day and getting people addicted to something that in the end will kill them. Is that moral? What can we do to stop it? These are questions this film asks and leaves it to the viewer to decide on. Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)Read full review
The Lord of War tracks the adult life of a Russian immigrant, Yuri Orlov, played by Nicholas Cage. To get out of his crappy life in Little Odessa, he begins selling guns to local mobsters. His business becomes larger and larger until he is the top gun runner in the world, besting a rival who had looked down on him. When communism falls in the Ukraine, he goes to see his uncle who is a Colonel in the Red army. Together they sell Russian guns, tanks, helicopters and missiles because the government is in such disarray no one is watching. Along the way, Orlov marries his dreamgirl, a model and struggles to help his brother stay clean of drugs and alcohol. The wife knows her husband isn't on the up and up but doesn't want to know because she says she doesn't want him to lie to her. In the end, when she finds everything out and leaves him, it's hard to have a lot of sympathy for her. Ethan Hawke plays a Javert-like Interpol agent trying desperately to put Yuri away. He knows he's guilty but can never get the proof he needs. This was a very well-made movie. All the performances are top grade and it's a beautiful movie to look at. There is an undercurrent of very black humor throughout a serious story. The end result of what happens with all the weapons that are bought is shown bluntly and can be quite jarring. Cage does a good job playing a man fighting with the immorality of what he does while knowing, as he says in the movie, that he's good at it, and if he quits, someone else will take his place tomorrow. There are missteps along the way; a few plot points you'll see coming before they happen and some of the music choices were too obvious, but overall this was a very good movieRead full review
This is probably one of my favorite movies to watch when there's nothing on TV. Cage does a brilliant job of making himself seem like a guy you can feel sorry for, all the while maintaining that same old mundane drone that he has in all of the movies he stars in/narrarates (you know, like all of them). This is a great movie on two seperate levels. The acting and performances are great from pretty much the entire cast. The message, however, is probably better than the movie itself, as the film challenges you to think about what your government might be doing below the surface. The sad thing is that this is all based on actual events and occurances, though the names and specific details may have been changed. I highly recommend this movie for anyone. It's a great film with good acting, though it's not overly kid friendly. There is some nudity and language, but nothing that is enough to completely turn you off to continue watching.Read full review
Nicolas Cage did a very good job of acting in his role of an arms dealer. The movie does a great job of showing viewers the darker side of arms dealers and the lives that they choose to lead. You see the emotional struggle that Nicolas' character goes through about leading the life of a criminal, but always reverts back to the life of crime despite attemps to remove himself from the trade. The movie shows the rise and fall of an arms dealer and the personal losses he suffers through, despite raking in millions of dollars in blood money. You will also learn some very powerful (and true!!) statistics about arms trade and the impact that arms dealing has on the economy and the world.
The most important rule of gun-running is: Never get shot with your own merchandise.An arm dealer (Nicholas Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he being chased by Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke).This movie charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov,from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa,selling guns to mobsters in his local neighborhood,through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s,where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son.The movie also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother,his marriage to a famous model,his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.
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