It's some serious subject matter and the film has its memorably poignant scenes/lines, but "Lord of War" greatly suffers from a cliché script with the Nicolas Cage narration holding our hands and ears through a prickly forest of predictability.
Show, don't tell.
This review of Lord of War (2005) was written by Gamzguy17 on 22 Aug 2021.
Lord of War has generally received very positive reviews.
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