Lord of Bore

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2005)

"Lord of War" is a very well made film. There really isn't much wrong with it, except I never really cared about the subject matter or any of the characters.
The ad for this film is a bit deceiving, in that it makes it look like it is a comedy. There are a few funny one liners, but most of those are used in the ad. The film is steeped in sarcasm, which is sometimes funny, but in the end the film is kind of depressing and tries to make a serious point about the world's munitions distribution.
Nicolas Cage plays a munitions supplier with a personality of a door to door salesman. He has no morals and justifies his profession by saying that "somebody has to do it." The only likable character in the film is the Interpol agent played by Ethan Hawke, but he is only in the film for about 10 minutes.
I would have liked this film a lot more if the lead character was more sympathetic. Because of that, it was hard to really care what happened to him. Still, this is not a bad film and it does have wit and sarcasm on a serious issue.