This movie was awful

Rating: 2/10 (19 March 2006)

The only reason I gave this movie a 2 (rather than a 1 for awful) was because it reminded me of "Blow" (the writer/director should have consulted this movie before proceeding to make this disaster). "Lord of War" was devoid of plot, human characters - especially Nicolas Cage's character, and generally lacked any real entertainment value. From the beginning, Nicolas Cage's mournful narration keeps the viewer lulled into a sleepy sense of restlessness and anxiousness for the plot to begin. I saw the potential for where the movie could go and where possibly the writer wanted it to go. It alluded to the harmful effects of gun violence worldwide, and seemed to foreshadow Cage's downfall. In the end though, despite his brother's death, his wife and son leaving him, and being disowned by his parents, he was free to continue to reek havoc on the world by mass distribution of artillery to poor desperate people. The writing was bad and reminded me that Hollywood can and does make movies just for the sake of making them - to Hollywood, it seems that any idea is legitimate no matter how meaningless.