Product Description: Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 21 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com: The lethal business of arms dealers provides an electrifying context for the black-as-coal humor of Andrew Niccol's 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) who's 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 can't deny the sheer ruthlessness of the Liberian dictator (a scene-stealing Eamonn Walker) who purchases Orlov's "products" to expand his oppressive regime. Niccol's themes are even bigger than Yuri's 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
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Rating: - Loved the movie so much I paid full price on Amazon
Loved the movie so much I paid full price on Amazon. I love this movie for it's realistic and believable look at the irony of weapons dealing. It also points out the hypocrisy of certain democratic African ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie!
A interesting ficticious insight into a serious topic, the spread of weapons. Humerous and great character portrayal by Nicolas Cage.
Rating: - Great movie, terrible product.
I enjoyed the film and would rate it 4/5 stars. However, this review is of the product itself - the film's Blu-ray disc edition. I have a Sony receiver, and watched the (Sony!) Blu-ray disc on my Sony PS3. ... Read More
Rating: - Cage-Niccol Collaboration A Tour-De-Force
"Lord of War" is a crafty, deceptively powerful film that comes off as a black comedy, but when measured in full effect, also serves as a potent statement on world arms, cynicism, and the very human of mental ... Read More
Rating: - Outlaw Illegal Arms Sales Now ...
... but have some compassion on the criminals profiting, after all, it's the fault of governments and military leaders. This sums up the "deep" message of this "based on some real events" hollywood [sic] dribble. ... Read More
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- Loved the movie so much I paid full price on Amazon
- Great movie, terrible product.