Anti-War

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2007)

This movie is hard to swallow. And maybe for some people to much to bear. I'm pretty sure that some will misunderstand it. Kind of like Scarface, I'm sure that some people will think that this movie is pro war. Or that at least it glorifies the men that sell guns. Which isn't true ...
Yes Nicolas Cage plays wonderful and engaging as (almost) always. But that doesn't mean that people should want to be like him. On the contrary, he is cold to a point were he reaches the point of being emotionless. His brother is killed and he doesn't really care. A human being is shot in front of him and he thinks about how he can sell the gun, now that it has been used (which is btw. so politically incorrect, that I just love this scene!).
In other words: Human life means nothing to/for him! OK he is rich and yeah he has a beautiful wife (although you can see that an end to this is in sight), but does that make him a happy person? I don't think so! And still I had mixed feelings at the ending. Because the movie "made" me route for him! On the other hand I wanted him to get caught. But that is what I was talking about. It is controversial and although you might route for him too in the ending, it still is very clear, that people like Yuri Orlov (Cage) will not be your role model (at least they shouldn't be!)