Lord of War

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.

I like Nicholas Cage movies, although the Weatherman is not what I would classify as a movie, more like a huge train wreck, were bodies and all were caught on film and then labeled as the Weatherman. More or less, most his Nick Cages movies are pretty good. He is a good overall actor and is one of the few men that can handle the lead role in a movie and be basically the sole good character in an entire production such as I felt was the case in 8mm. I wanted to see Lord of War when it came out in the theaters, but since I never got that chance I had to wait until it came out on DVD and lets just say that Im glad that I waited and didnt pay 8 bucks, and instead rented it for $3.99 at Blockbuster. Not to say that Lord of War is a bad movie, because it isnt, but what I think really hinders most of Cages movies is that they are one-dimensional. The development of the storyline of LOW is good and pretty basic. And action scenes are decent, but what really gets me about this film is that it jumps around from one story line to the next. At one point in the movie Cages character is selling his first machine gun in the bedroom of a hotel, the gentlemen buying the gun from Cage takes the gun out of the case and holds it to Cages head, as if we to display that is a very dangerous business to be in. I think that is a given, considering that it is illegal arms dealing and every body that are going to encounter in this business is breaking the law of every country throughout the world that has a legit government. The next thing you know Cage is at a worldwide conference of arms, and arm smuggling. What struck me is how he went from small time, one gun at a time dealer to rubbing arms with the big wheels of the business just like that. I would have liked a little bit more detail of how you become the Lord of War. Of course, just like in any business contacts are the most important aspect and that is defiantly true it the arm running business as this movie plainly shows. But I believe that there is not enough detail in the movie of how the relationships are started, maintained and carried out in a business, which could land you years behind bars throughout most of the world. Cage is simply too cool throughout the movie in a business that probably gets a lot of people killed each year. And to me that coolness factor played well in a movie like Matchstick Men, when the stakes were relatively low(a few million dollars) versus this movie where he played the middleman by selling weapons that killed thousands of people in many countries throughout the world. To me, this movie needed a leading man more like out of the Harrison Ford type, rigid, rough, strong and could be a totally nice guy that would blow your brains out if he needed to. The type of guy that you could trust if you were going to make a deal with him, but that you would not mind taking out because he was a totally jerk and you didnt care for him in the first place. LOW is a three and half star movie that could have had better story development, character development and perhaps could have been rolled into two movies considering that the subject of the movie is a large one. But then again, how many other movies are about American men of Russian decent selling gun on a worldwide level? Not many, and that is why I think a better job could have been done making this one.

Ok movie for a one time watch. Very predictable.

This is one of my favorite films of all time. Great story of how Ukranian immigrants in the US get the urge to make lots of money by selling guns on a mass scale to warn torn countries. We see the effect of these weapons on the countries as well as the effect of selling these guns on the main characters and their family. Overall amazing movie and the quality is superb here on amazon.

good movie, Im not a baseball man but still enjoyed the movie. A few things streched credability. More annoying is Amazons obnoxious 2 stage log in 2 write this review, and the studio being to cheap to provide a proper case for a 4k uhd movie

The introduction was absolutely amazing. The acting is on fleet. I’d highly recommend as the best movie yet!!!!!

A fictional movie about real life events. Captivating all throughout. If you are looking at the reviews. You owe it to yourself to give it a watch.

Upon my sons recommendation I watched Lord of War. I had never heard of the movie so I was a little skeptical. I found the movie extremely well done and enjoyed it. As disturbing as the portrayal of the arms business was, I was even more captivated by the fact that what was in the movie seemed that it could be very reflective of real life. I would recommend the movie.

I thought it was a good movie.i saw it for the first time when it came to theaters, so its been awhile. Just finished it & I still dig it ! Nicholas Cage & Ethan Hawke in the gun running business,with Hawke running off the rails (coincidentally by doing lots of em) with a drug problem,causing friction between brothers and potentially ruining Cages business. He is soon pitted against some of the fiercest enemies that he deals with. Lot of story telling,lots of action. All in all of you like war movies then get this,its an excellent film. The vast cast is good,acting is top notch,and man...theres So many gorgeous weapons. Buy it,I got mine for 4$(including shippi mg)

Henry Ford did it.... Was this man any more of a criminal than him? I say no. Supplying vehicles to transport men to battle....is that any less of a crime than selling the weapons the men carry in these transports?..Think about it before you label this man as a villain and Henry Ford a hero of industry. This is a good movie to illustrate the real criminals in war. The men that supply the ability to fight. It is almost a shame that they didnt make the correlation between Henry Ford and this man.