Do what you do well. Were you meant to be the best?

Rating: 4/10 (2 February 2006)

Yuri Orlov(Nicolas Cage)moved with his family from the Ukraine at a tender age to grow up in Brooklyn. After watching a war report on TV, Yuri knew what he wanted to do with his life...deal illegal arms. His brother Vitaly(Jared Leto)reluctantly became his parter and the globe-trotting duo traveled to some of the deadliest war zones and dealt with some ruthless dictators on the way to reach the top of the trade. Vitaly spends a lot of time in and out of rehab. Yuri squires and marries a beautiful model(Bridget Moynahan),while doing his best to side step an Interpol agent(Ethan Hawke)hot on his trail. Cage is in control of this powerful role; but I've seen better Cage movies. LORD OF WAR is about thirty minutes too long and has some pretty interesting special effects; but seems ill-paced. Also in the cast: Ian Holm, Shake Tukhmanyan and Tanya Finch.