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  Review by amaya ★★★ 2

  jared leto being nic cage's brother is one of the least believable things ever. like who even were their parents. first off nicolas cage doesn't have parents he just spawned out of nowhere one day

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  Review by matt lynch ★★ 1

  Like most of Niccol's work, a superficially stylized, underimagined hot take. Some highlights? Sure. This movie about a man who supplied arms that killed countless Africans contains exactly zero Africans who aren't murderous maniacs and/or child soldiers. Another one? Ok. The central conflict is about his conscience, and even more specifically how his war profiteering alienates his wife and coke-fiend brother. As if anyone cares. Also the narrative is 75% voice-over. Cage is pretty good, and Amir Mokri is a generally undervalued DP.

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  Review by Peaceful Stoner ★★★★★ 21

  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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  Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★★★ 2

  When people talk about some of the best opening credits to a movie, they invariably miss this one. While not as eye-catching as say Watchmen, it does nonetheless pack a punch with a clever depiction of the birth of a bullet and its journey to a war zone and ultimately its target. Brilliantly accompanied by Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth, it's an ironic use of a anti-war song for an opening gambit.
  Lord Of War is all about Mr Cage. In arguably his best performance since Adaptation, this has our Nic playing a arms dealer with charisma. Globe-trotting in his quest to arm everyone with his weapons, this has the same feel as Goodfellas with Cage giving a nonchalant…

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  Review by Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti" ★★★★½

  "Lord of War" is a 2005 crime drama directed by Andrew Niccol. The film looks into the life and times of fictional gunrunner Yuri Orlov who spans the 1980s in pursuit of illegal worldwide gun trade. The film does openly place the straightforward element of being "Based on True Events" in its narrative language, which is supposedly true to a degree as Orlov is based on a variety of real-world individuals. On the fictionalized side of things, I think the movie actually tells a conclusive story rather well in a blend of excitable elements, connective span in attention to character development, and overall weighted context that requires the audience to think. Orlov is set up from humble beginnings and is…

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  Review by Jacky ★★★★ 6

  I miss Andrew Niccol writing good movies.

  I miss Nicolas Cage being in great movies.

  I miss Jared Leto not being a joke.

  Glad to see Ethan Hawke is still going well though.

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  Review by Luca ★★½ 1

  I really was entertained by a lot of this , but Nic Cages pseudo-philosophical ramblings, and overly sardonic demeanor was just a little too much. Most of the characters were 2 dimensional but Nic Cage, he was an absolute cartoon character. It was so hard to take this seriously and the voiceovers were for the most part seriously annoying. Niccol wanted to be Scorsese so bad, which turned out disappointingly.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 2

  So after having spent almost large part of the 10s being bombarded with this movie, I’ve finally found my way around and for the most part all the promises came true. Right from the awesome opening that walks us through the grim process of war - more specifically how the many bullets that put many innocent lives in dangers or entirely take them away are made.

  From that on we follow the raise to power of a man Yuri Orlov (played by Nicolas Cage) with thirst for power that quickly becomes corrupted by his own ambition. Cage does a great job delivering some of his wacky moments though for the most part this movie sees him playing a much restrained…

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  Review by alex todd 🧟‍♂️ ★★★½ 3

  nic cage is an excellent gun salesman

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  Review by Wesley R. Ball ★★★★½ 2

  You know who's going to inherit the Earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other.

  I think the comparison between arms and drug dealers is a fairly valid one. Now, I'm not anti-war per se, but both types of dealers sell products that have the potential to be lethal. Guns don't kill people. People with guns kill people. And when the people with those guns have all the control, there's no telling what could happen.

  Andrew Niccol's Lord of War brilliantly scrutinizes this side of war itself. The only side people seem to be concerned about is the violence and murder, but where do the people get the guns? These people have their own stories too.…

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  Review by Fake Shemp 1

  Damn The Cage ™️ was a beaut in this, like actual acting and not going mental

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  Review by Matt J. 🇺🇦 ★★★★ 6

  In which Nic Cage causes a bath of blood.