Great acting, fascinating topic, witty writing

Rating: 9/10 (22 September 2005)

Lord of War is one the few movies this year that I felt was worth my ten bucks. It has the same quiet character driven beauty of Matchstick Men with a faster plot and information about munitions that, while you might know it, is still shocking to see. I was emotionally involved throughout this movie, and I haven't been able to say that for a long time. Jared Leto is fantastic. Nicolas Cage his usual amusing powerful self, and Ethan Hawks was quite great. I am sorry to say that I don't the name of lead actress, but she played her minimal part to a quiet perfection. The guy who played the president of Liberia was also fabulous. Great acting, witty writing and, yes, it had a message, but it lets the based-on-true life story reveal the message and ultimately the message is not political, so much as about one's soul.