The human comedy

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2006)

The movie feeds on the contradictory qualities which put together make us human, and dares documenting in a funny way. It's one of the most beautiful movies about the ugliest aspects of life.It's a cynical, powerful, fast paced, ironical, sometimes comic, and very graphical account of the rise and rise of an arms dealer, who takes advantage of the most unbelievable loop-holes history itself seems to deliver to those who are prepared to do anything for a buck. The story of a Ucrainean who's parents went to America after WW 2, pretending to be Jewish(because "the 50's were one of the few moments in history when it was an advantage to be Jewish"), grows up in the poor neighborhood Little Odessa, and who ultimately wants to do something big in his life, immoral being no object. The movie doesn't tell us something new, but the point of view is indeed original, because it doesn't condemn the Lord of War, doesn 't condemn war, genocide, but instead gives us a pretty clear image of the ugly truth we live in. So, make up your own mind, and draw your own conclusions...because that's not going to change anything, anyway.