Interpol agent pursues arms dealer

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2006)

Lord of war is a very effective movie.it is well written,there is a decent back story to the main character via numerous flash backs.Nicolas Cage plays an arms dealer being pursued relentlessly by an interpol agent.(Ethan Hawke)I liked the first person narrative with Cage doing the voice-over.it worked well with this picture.a friend of mine complained that it was too preachy,telling us of the evil of guns and showing the deaths of many people particularly young people,to hammer home the point.However i chose to see it as a piece of entertainment,looking beyond what the agenda might have been.if we always look for a hidden agenda in a movie,then we rob ourselves of the experience and we limit ourselves to certain movies and lose out on other perhaps great films.Of course independent of all this we hope the movie is well made and has some entertainment value.Lord of War is one of those movies.it is immensely entertaining,with good performances.i love this movie. 10/10