In the "tradition" of the Constant Gardener

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2006)

Hollywood progressives are currently into the: big bad, mostly white racists (Crash), big bad military industrial gun runners (see this movie), big bad pharmaceutical companies (Constant Gardener) and the big bad right wing military industrial (Syriana and Good Night/Good Luck) complex. Alright, everybody has a right to their opinion and knee jerk liberalism The message from the liberals appears to be -- We the little people have no power except our individual humanity to stop all this conservative money grubbing take over. Sounds like Jimmy Stewart in my favorite Senator movie from 1939.
Anyhow, back to the movie. You could say that this movie is not quite sure if it is a documentary or fiction. Nicholas Cage is very good as the disconnected, funny, amoralistic gun runner. Jared Leto looks good but he ain't no Eric Bana for acting capability. Bridget Moynihan is a model who is actually turning herself into a pretty good actress.
How about a movie about a big bad Hollywood director with a progressive ax to grind?