Lord of War (Widescreen)
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Movie Reviews of Lord of War (Widescreen)
Movie Review: Consistent with reality
Summary: 5 Stars
There are already dozens of cogent reviews about this film here so I am not going to add another one. I just wanted to say that I just saw the tail end of a clip on The Daily Show (9/14/2007) where Jon Stewart was discussing with a guest a person that the government is using to gain knowledge that actually sells leftover Russian weapons from the Cold War in the black market. Why don't they arrest him? I didn't catch that. Something about how he is protected from all sides and that he is a valuable resource. I missed the name of the person and most of the discussion. If anyone else saw it please respond with more info. And to those of you who think that there is no value in The Daily Show, I would like to say that I'm sure it is a relevant and intriguing story that I won't be able to find on CNN or Fox. And I am a news junkie who likes to flip through the news and get the perspectives of all the networks.Movie Review: Excellent.
Summary: 5 Stars
Well written, well acted. Lord of War maintains your interest easily.
Nicolas Cage plays Yuri Orlov, a first generation immigrant who rises out of poverty and uses his quick wit and glib tongue to become a wealthy arms dealer, selling weapons and munitions to anybody with the cash to buy. Yuri uses his success to buy the girl of his dreams, his beautiful home and his overall (on the outside, at least) beautiful life, but he finds out in a hurry that it's hard to maintain appearances like his, and that life can turn on a dime.
The opening sequence is one of the most interesting I've ever seen in a movie--and of course, it's a hit on YouTube. The score is great as well.
Great movie all the way around.
Movie Review: Wall Street Move Over
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best 20 movies I have seen in my life. Everything about the film is excellent. The good guys are real good and the bad guys are real bad. All the bad guys had Manhattan penthouses. This movie is pretty similar to Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), except Lord of War is about guns.
Yuri Orlov (Nick Cage) starts out in NYC as a small time gun dealer and works his way to the top of international gun dealers/smugglers. Along the way he gets shot, marries a beautiful model and corrupts his little brother.
This dvd is not for everyone. It is fairy violent, and it makes you feel pretty down in places.
I give this movie 4 1/2 stars and 2 thumbs up.
Movie Review: It delivers
Summary: 5 Stars
I go to movies to be entertained, but also to be touched in the spirit or to learn something. I know movies are a facsimile of reality and reality is often compressed to fit the two hours of the story and simplified so that it does not add unneccesary complexity to the film. Hence, I would not quibble if the interpol in the movie also acts like a swat team and the FBI.
This movie delivers in all three ways: entertainment, spiritual value and education. Arms dealing is a repulsive business, but the world's largest trade. This is a much more clever way of increasing the peoples awareness of this tragic business than thousands of oped pieces and blogs.
Movie Review: Grim, yet witty, excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Not your typical thriller (where are the car chases..).
Lord of War is constructed like a documentary with a plot.
Cage is excellent, so is the screenplay.
The movie not-so-subtly speaks against war, arm dealings, and developed countries making quick buck on misery of genocide and civil wars while at the same time hypocriticaly imposing embargos, sanctions, etc.
Be prepared for strong language, a lot of violence and sexuality - all of which give really gritty surface to the otherwise sleek story.
Many quotable one-liners and fast pace make it solid entertainment, if you can call it this thought-provoking drama.