Lord of War
2005 Directed by Andrew Niccol
Synopsis
Where there's a will, there's a weapon
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer. Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals, even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, Yuri must also face his own conscience.
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OH MY GOD, WHAT A MOVIE.
I think this must be one of the most heavily researched movie, ever made. This would give you the most encyclopaedic, all embracing knowledge about guns, missiles, grenades, bullets, machine guns, semi-automatics, ak-47s, magnum, Guns that John Rambo uses and every fucking firearm on earth. And also you get a hands on free course of the wars that were fought in recent history, if you watch it. Director Andrew Niccol and everyone involved in the movie must have worked their asses of so much that it would have torn.
I think that this might be one of Nicholas Cage’s best performances, if not his best.
I think Bridget Moynahan is one of the most…
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Would you believe me if I said "Nicholas Cage was not only in a genuinely good film but gives a genuinely excellent performance?"
Believe it.
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No Hell hasn't frozen over.
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It's true! Don't laugh! It's directed by the same guy who made In Time and....Ok, a good film by the guy who made In Time is a funny thought, but I'm serious! Watch it!
No not In Time. Lord of War. We'll see who's laughing when you're kicking it in the caribbean saying to yourself "Joe was right."
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"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists."
With such a sardonic sense of humor, it's still surprising to hear some facts in what appears to be a mainstream American movie. It is true that the US sells more arms than any other country and four times over. But what's ultimately fascinating are the ethical arguments raised by New Zealand-born writer/director Andrew Niccol. They do not shy away from controversial points. Is the crime someone selling a gun, or firing it? Would the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone - two conflicts the movie dramatizes in terrifying detail - have been avoided if arms merchants had sold them fewer…
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From the opening sequence I could tell this was going to be a very pretty film to look at, and I wasn't wrong. The vast array of very cool looking guns and weapons would have made even Gaddafi blush. The sprawling African landscape was also a highlight of the film, making sure to focus on the effects these weapons had on these war torn countries, something that I thought shooting on location really made the film feel more realistic. Nic Cage is at his charismatic best, not as crazy as usual, but still very absorbing and even until the end uncompromising. The two supporting actors I wasn't crazy about. I never really felt his relationship with his brother or wife…
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I never know how to start these, so let's just go from the beginning.
The intro to the film, an insight in to the production, travels and fate of a single bullet, is not just a clever idea that's well implemented, it's also the first insight in to Yuri's philosophy. His apathetic nature when it comes to gun running and his ability to treat guns and ammunition like any other commodity makes a lot of sense when you watch the intro and see the well oiled, emotionless machine that is war in action and how casually a bullet can go from a unionised gun factory in Russia to the temporal lobe of a African child soldier with little outcry from…
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After a very inspired opening sequence about the birth and destiny of a bullet, we get to know Cage and how he gets into the arms dealing business, then we get some morality along the way, to finally decide it's just what he does best.
This rather simple message isn't brought with any subtlety (ka-tching when the bullets fly off), the love affair connected to the morality is far-fetched, but the acting, especially the inter-acting between Cage and Hawke makes this enjoyable.
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Con unos créditos iniciales del recorrido de una bala desde su creación hasta su utilización comienza esta película con un toque crudo que se mantendrá a lo largo de todo el largometraje. Ya que El señor de la guerra critica a todos por igual con un humor negro.
Nicolas Cage es una persona aburrida sin rumbo que se da cuenta que el negocio está en vender armas. A lo largo de la película vemos ciertas etapas desde la guerra fría hasta las guerras actuales en sitios como Sierra Leona. Me gusta el hecho que trate conflictos de la historia ya que así te da la oportunidad de criticar todos esos momentos y de no centrarte solamente en un conflicto dándole…
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Pretty damned good, though it ended up being too preachy in the end.
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an underrated cage movie
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I LOVE YOU NICK CAGE.
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OH MY GOD, WHAT A MOVIE.
I think this must be one of the most heavily researched movie, ever made. This would give you the most encyclopaedic, all embracing knowledge about guns, missiles, grenades, bullets, machine guns, semi-automatics, ak-47s, magnum, Guns that John Rambo uses and every fucking firearm on earth. And also you get a hands on free course of the wars that were fought in recent history, if you watch it. Director Andrew Niccol and everyone involved in the movie must have worked their asses of so much that it would have torn.
I think that this might be one of Nicholas Cage’s best performances, if not his best.
I think Bridget Moynahan is one of the most…
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From the opening sequence I could tell this was going to be a very pretty film to look at, and I wasn't wrong. The vast array of very cool looking guns and weapons would have made even Gaddafi blush. The sprawling African landscape was also a highlight of the film, making sure to focus on the effects these weapons had on these war torn countries, something that I thought shooting on location really made the film feel more realistic. Nic Cage is at his charismatic best, not as crazy as usual, but still very absorbing and even until the end uncompromising. The two supporting actors I wasn't crazy about. I never really felt his relationship with his brother or wife…
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After a very inspired opening sequence about the birth and destiny of a bullet, we get to know Cage and how he gets into the arms dealing business, then we get some morality along the way, to finally decide it's just what he does best.
This rather simple message isn't brought with any subtlety (ka-tching when the bullets fly off), the love affair connected to the morality is far-fetched, but the acting, especially the inter-acting between Cage and Hawke makes this enjoyable. -
A really underrated film. Andrew Niccol deserves a lot of credit for finding a way cinematic way to explain the nature of international arms sales and what the true cost of it is.
Cage demonstrates his usual skill in making his apathetic character engaging with his gallows humor and laisez-faire attitude.
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Cada fotograma de esta película es una gran obra de arte, cinematograficamente hablando es una película común, corriente y silvestre, pero cuando notas la profundidad, realidad y honestidad del mensaje, la severidad de la historia y crueldad de la unión entre cada uno de sus personajes principales notas en esta increíble pieza una gran labor argumental.