well worth it

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 2005)

I'll start of by saying that I was disappointed in how much "spoiling" there was on the films official site before the movie had hit the screens.
It is possible that since the movie is based on "actual events" that its assumed there is nothing to spoil.
I went to a special advance screening put on by Amnesty International who had plenty of media to accompany the movie (http://www.amnestyusa.org/lordofwar) and have orchestrated "Urgent Action" petition drives to accompany the emotional impact the film is destined to have on many.
Hype aside, the movie itself is a powerful thinkpiece with inspired performances by all, but for me most notably Jared Leto who plays Vitaly Orlov younger brother of our principle protagonist Yuri Orlov.
The soundtrack is superb and music along with newscasts are used to set chronology and timeline effectively. I saw no pacing problems and thought the movie timed out perfectly right at about 2 hours even.