Review of Lord of War (2005) by Buggy B — 03 Sep 2014
This was a good movie, that sucked me in immediately with that opening credits sequence "the life of a bullet" Wow! Very cool and unique but jeez. Apparently based on real events this sees Nicholas Cage playing Ukrainian immigrant Yuri Orlov who becomes an international arms dealer, trying to stay one step ahead of the law and ultimately confronting the morality of his work as he is chased around the world by an Interpol agent.
The story covers many years and locations and is one of Cage's better roles even though he again plays a sardonic somewhat emotionless character. I like him though and enjoyed the dark humour, especially in his narration.
Jared Leto plays his brother, not much to say there, nice eye candy, I always like him too. This movie felt unique but I guess you could compare it to any of those episodic rise and fall of the (good) bad guy movies; Scarface, Blow, American Gangster.
The ending, regarding "the voice" (Donald Sutherland) and who he represents is pretty brilliant. 9/3/14.
This review of Lord of War (2005) was written by Buggy B on 03 Sep 2014.
Lord of War has generally received very positive reviews.
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