Lord of War [Blu-ray] starring Nicolas
Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto,
Bridget Moynahan, Shake
Tukhmanyan
Excellent Movie
The lethal business of arms dealers provides an electrifying context for the
black-as-coal humor of Andrew Niccols Lord of War. Having proven his
ingenuity as the writer of The Truman Show, and writer-director of Gattaca
and the under-appreciated Simone, Niccol is clearly striving for
Strangelovian relevance here as he chronicles the rise and inevitable fall of
Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), a Ukrainian immigrant to America who makes
his fortune selling every kind of ordnance he can get his amoral hands on.
With a trophy wife (Bridget Moynahan) whos initially clueless about his
hidden career, and a younger brother (Jared Leto) whose drug-addled
sense of decency makes him an ill-chosen accomplice, Yuri traffics in
death the way other salesman might push vacuum cleaners (he likes to
say that alcohol and tobacco are deadlier products than his), but even he
cant deny the sheer ruthlessness of the Liberian dictator (a scene-stealing
Eamonn Walker) who purchases Orlovs products to expand his oppressive
regime. Niccols themes are even bigger than Yuris arms deals, and he
drives them home with a blunt-force lack of subtlety, but Cage gives the
film the kind of insanely dark humor it needs to have. To understand this
monster named Yuri, we have to see at least a glimpse of his humanity,
which Cage provides as only he can. Otherwise, this epic tale of
gunrunnng would be as morally unbearable as the black market trade it
illuminates. --Jeff Shannon
While this movie isn't the typical action flick many expect of Nicolase Cage,
it is an exceptional movie nonetheless. It has a very cerebral feeling to it
and really makes you think about your own opinions of the Gun restriction
vs rights debate. Regardless of where you fall on this debate it is a movie
worth watching.
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