Engrossing film, an excellent look at an ironic situation

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2005)

Personally I found this film to be quite thought-provoking. When you see a war taking place on the news you never really stop to think, I wonder who is profiting from this? This film really brings this into light and highlights this issue that we normally prefer to ignore. Cage, who plays the main character, finds himself struggling between whether what he is doing is right or not and continuing the "one thing he is good at". I really felt all the actors did a superb job of bringing there characters to life. I especially like the style of the movie, the monologue by cage's character fits in very well with the overall purpose of the film and the movie itself has a very raw feel to it. Overall, I hope that others will look past this film as being simply 2 hours of entertainment and really consider the ideas that are brought up this film, is it right that the five biggest arms-dealing countries are also the leaders of the United Nations? It is definitely food for thought.