A Movie That Surprised Me...

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2009)

This movie is impressive because it shows what is, and not what can be. If you look at the description you can probably understand it is yet another movie trying to show the ills of the worlds and how you should change things.
While it tries to do that it succeeds on a completely different plane. It succeeds by not looking at the macro picture, but the micro picture of a single gunrunner. It shows his world and how he likes his world.
When "Hollywood" gets these types of films it tries to show the evils and then has some ending that says, "see this is how things should be." But this movie does not do this. This movie says this is how it is. The fact that the gunrunner was so emotionless made it very hard to digest the film.
If you think that he kills in cold blood like most movies make people to be then you are sadly mistaken. This is not classical "Mob" and honor type movie. No, this about cold, emotionless, calculations and strategy. This is what makes this movie so scary and how come this movie just saps the energy out of you.
I really enjoyed this film and if you are in the mood for something serious and dramatic then this movie is for you.