Lord of War (Widescreen) starring
Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared
Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Shake
Tukhmanyan
Enjoyable As It Is Informative.
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 mi ght 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
Features:
* Based on actual events, this black comedy/drama stars Nicholas Cage
as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his
humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks
with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War
Ukraine to--among other top clients--the sadistic African dictator Andr
Baptiste, Sr. (Eamonn Walker). Jared Leto c
Absolutely love this movie. Very enjoyable but MORE IMPORTANTLY it
makes a real statement about GREED in this world. I love it when
Producers can create an entertaining movie that is almost like watching a
documentary. We know it is a fictional story but has a strong theme of truth
behind it. Hopefully movies like this will encourage people to think and
maybe actually influence voters in the US and other Democratic countries
to pay attention to what our great world leaders are doing.
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