Lord of War

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Interesting, entertaining, and thoughtful story about arms running. This is not a typical shoot-em up action movie. The film contains some humorous moments within a story that is disturbing and serious. A must see for any Nicholas Cage fans. The character of Yuri Orlov was made for him. The supporting cast is also excellent.

Highly watchable, but it cannot match the classic Dr. Strangelove IMO, as some have claimed. Also, unlike some other Reviewers, the 1.78 Ratio worked perfectly & filled the entire Screen of my HD Widescreen TV using an LG Blu-Ray Player. Viewing in this Ratio is far superior to the chop formats. It seems like there is no in-between for Viewers/Reviewers of this Movie. Love it or Hate it, and count me in the Love Camp. Thats not because I like the Characters or the topic: I dont. But, it is because of the spellbinding characterizations & jarring implications. There is some subtlety but it is overcome by the Blunt-Force Trauma of the story -- beginning with the absolutely stunning & unforgettable opening Bullet sequence. I doubt that I will ever forget 3 Statements from Arms Dealer Yuris (Nicolas Cages) monologues. First, that: 1 person in 12 owns a Weapon, and he (& other Arms Dealers) want the other 11 for Customers. Next, he jokes that his biggest Competitor is the President of the United States. Finally I cannot forget his (new to me) concept that The AK-47 is the real Weapon of Mass Destruction. Wow! I thoroughly enjoyed Lord of War, and highly recommend it. It is very thought provoking. Also, all-in-all, this is a very serious Movie with comedic moments. It should be on every Adults Must-Watch List -- but it is absolutely not for the young ones. Im heading off to watch it again.

Excellent

B. Merritt already wrote an excellent review on the story, so Im not gonna go into that. Instead, Im going to touch the fact that this movie, sadly, lost all of its bonus content during the transition from DVD to Blu-ray. Granted, the bonus content wasnt exactly mind-blowing either, but the clips of the cast and crew talking about this production were still very nice. Since this is actually my favorite movie, and considering the massive space that a Blu-ray disc has, I assumed that along with the improved HD video and audio quality, there might be more extra material. Unfortunately, not only is there no such added content, but the bonus content found in the DVD version of the film, has all been completely removed. All of it. 100% gone. Instead, the only bonus content is a trailer of a few Lionsgate movies coming to Blu-ray. Wow, how thrilling... I didnt rate this with 5 stars, due to the fact that they removed the bonus content that had already been included in the DVD, which is stupid, since a DVD can store much, much, much less space.

Great story

If you like action movies of this type youll like this movie.

Probably Cages best movie, very much underrated.

The film is one of the greatest of all times, but there are no extras whatsoever on this blu-ray release. If they had included at least a commentary track, I would have rated this five stars. Given the low price I would still urge you to buy this. If you are a fan of Blow or Thank You For Smoking, then you will definitely want to add this one to your collection.

This movie strikes at hard work paying off at the expense of ethics. It points out the many flaws the five major countries have in dealing with violence. With so MUCH violence in so many countries the two gun dealers were WAY to formally dressed wearing suits and ties when everyone else was in t shirts and flip flops. Perhaps, it meant something...........? Unlike a mafia movie this movie was great!