Good, a little moralistic...

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2006)

very good performance by both cage and leto although the show is stolen by eamonn walker. he plays an incredibly believable tin pot dictator in baptiste. the intensity from his character in oz is not lost. walker has those crazy dictator eyes that seem right for the role.
the moralistic overtones are a little much, but it's a decent movie; a good rental. i quite like the little twist in the end, not what you expect...
that being said, i did find myself doing some thinking about some of the implications of arms dealing and western influences on developing nations; not something a Hollywood production generally invokes.
a couple problems with realism but nothing too bad. the lines of coke were a little big :) and there is no way a grenade can cause as much damage as we saw, but that is pretty common so i can't fault too much for that...