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Lord of War, 2005
English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic, Turkish
France, USA
Profile of Lord of War
The mood of Lord of War is cynical, clever, and biting. The plot centers around arms dealing, a rise and fall, and human nature. It is a drama, independent, and thriller movie. Stylistically, Lord of War is epic and includes a voice over. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is Europe. Lord of War happens in the 1980s and in the 1990s. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes , drugs/alcohol, and nudity.
Summary of Lord of War
Based on actual events, this black comedy/drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to--among other top clients--the sadistic African dictator André Baptiste, Sr. (Eamonn Walker). Jared Leto costars as Uri's little brother Vitaly, whose conscience and a burgeoning cocaine problem get in the way of business. Ethan Hawke is good as a sanctimonious Interpol agent with a vendetta against Uri, but the film's biggest dose of onscreen gravitas comes from Walker, whose Baptiste seethes with a heavy, serpent-like malevolence. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the film makes fine use of the brisk stream-of-consciousness narration style that Martin Scorcese brought to the true crime genre with GOODFELLAS (1992), and a near constant flow of action and classic rock songs that ensure a speedy, riveting ride through three decades of global carnage. Cage, who coproduced, lets his patented oddball magnetism slowly change polarity, until viewers realize they've been led into a moral quagmire by falling for his self-delusory spiels about supply and demand, making this one of the bravest and most jet-black comedies of its decade.
Details
| Language: | English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic, Turkish |
| Country: | France, USA |
| Release date: | 16 September 2005 |
| Runtime: | 122 min |
Cast and Crew
as Yuri Orlov
as Jack Valentine
as Vitaly Orlov
as Ava Fontaine Orlov
as Simeon Weisz
as Andre Baptiste Jr.
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- 05.January.2011
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