lengthy satire with dry first-person narration

Rating: 4/10 (11 August 2006)

Gun plays essential role in many movies produced nowadays. However, there's still not enough films which depict gun industry and the involvement of governments in gun trade (apart from Bowling For Columbine I haven't seen any). Lord of War is one of those sparse, enlightening movies. Although the idea of the flick was ultra-original and interesting, the film itself disappoints. I cannot deny this film bravery in attitude towards the subject which has been presented thoroughly. Nevertheless, Lord of War is mercilessly wordy as well as pompous and that makes it almost unbearable. Instead of suspenseful thriller, Andrew Niccol shot a lengthy satire with dry first-person narration. His sense of mission is excessively visible here and, as a result, the message is overstated.