An awfully realistic show of life

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2006)

This film shows the fascinating cruelness of reality. It is a movie which can really touch each and every one of us. Nicholas Cage delivers an extraordinary performance, highlighting the thoughts, reasons and consequences which lie behind the activity of an arms dealer. Though he seems really wise and clever, a perfect negotiator and predictor, all in all the ideal arm dealer, he hides the bloody consequences of his actions under the naive excuse that he gives people the choice of killing someone. The sad part is that he doesn't really believe it himself, but he needs to in order to continue doing what he does.
Abandoned by wife and son, by parents, by his only brother, killed during a negotiation, Yuri Orlov continues doing what he does best - being the LORD OF WAR -.