Lord Of War

Rating: 8/10 (17 September 2005)

The Lord Of War, is about Yuri Orlov, who decides to become an arms dealer. Yuri, becomes very powerful and soon gets married to a woman named Ava Fontaine, and he lies to her about his profession. Soon, Yuri is going to different countries to sell guns and the places he is going to are very dangerous and an Interpol agent named Jack Valentine, is on his case and he also Yuri tries to continue to keep his job secret from his family and friends and soon has to make his own decisions as to whether to continue with his job or give it up to have a normal life and be with his family. The Lord Of War, has good direction, a good script, good performances from everyone involved (especially Nicolas Cage, who plays Yuri), good original music, good cinematography and good film editing. The Lord Of War, is compelling, fascinating, powerful, good character development, a sharp script, engrossing, thought provoking, entertaining and stylish. Lord Of War, works as a dark comedy and becomes more of a drama as it goes along and works well when all put together. The film is very fascinating and entertaining and also makes a powerful statement and will leave you thinking after you see the film. I was very surprised by this film and it is a lot different than the ads will lead you to believe. One of the year's most powerful and best films.