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Lord Of War [2005]
from Momentum Pictures
starring Nicolas Cage, Jared Burke, Davis Shumbris, Jeremy Crutchley, Shake Tukhmanyan
directed by Andrew Niccol

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Editorial Review:

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 humour 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

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• "Lord of war. No it's Warlord"
  An excellant film, it really makes you think about the countries around the world and what are we fighting for. Theres few films i've watched with a better intro than this - the birth of a bullet and it's journey to the head. The only absolute cheek of this film is the adverts at the start which is absolutly pathatic for them to put in, lucky apart from the annoying Mars advert the rest can be skipped but it is still annoying.
  Apart for that the film is a master piece i recomend it to anyone who is... more info

• not entertaining
  I confess that I was another one who found it boring. I watch all types of film not just action but what I think made it boring for me was the predictable plot. It just didn't entertain for me.

• Definately a good film
  I have to agree with all the positive comments written. Don't be put off by the negative. Not an action movie but definately thought provoking and interesting.

• Great Film Spoiled with Adverts
  A Very Good Film Spoiled by adverts .
  Whoever decided to include adverts for Films and Mars Bar's before the
  DVD Menu loads deserves to be Shot.
  In actual fact I will avoid Buying anything from Momentum Pictures
  because it is a utter disgrace that they treat their Customers this way.
  If they want to advertise their Films then why not include adverts
  in a menu area clearly marked adverts - after all this is a two
  disk special edition so there is loads of room to add... more info

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