Lord of War

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2006)

Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas made an inestimable service when, desolated with the fight of master Akira Kurosawa to raise funds for a new movie, persuaded Fox to join in. Thanks to these few extra bucks, cinema earned a masterpiece.
In feudal Japan, the lord of war Shingen dies in a delicate moment for his clan, that is deeply dived into a profound power dispute. Is arranged then, a double to take Shingen's place - a cheap thief. In an arc gorgeously drawn, Kurosawa shows how, little by little, he becomes Shingen. Here it is not the lord that makes the war. It is the war that makes the lord.