The reason that Nicholas Cage is my number one favorite actor

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2008)

Nicholas Cage gives an amazing performance as Yuri Orlov in this surprising true story of an arms dealer's rise and fall and rise again in the illegal drug trade. From first line of this movie I knew exactly what to expect. Lord of War is a brilliant mix of Thank You For Smoking's style of dark humor and an unflinching look at the atrocities of war and the normal people behind them. Nicholas Cage is a brilliant actor who brings all the smoothness and cunning required of a gunrunner to the screen with wit to spare. From renaming a ship on the fly to giving away a planeload of guns in 10 minutes he's got an arsenal of brains almost as big as the actual arsenal he purveys. If you liked Charlie Wilson's War, you will love this movie.