Lord of War Review

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2011)

Be advised contains spoilers.
Lord of War is a movie done in 2005 that is the story of Yuri Orlov played by Nicolas Cage. The movie is set in the 1980's to the 1990's. The movie starts out with Yuri watching a Mob hit and sees that he can become an arms dealer as way out of his family's restaurant. He then realizes that he has a knack for languages and is good at it.
He then recruits his brother Vitaly played by Jared Leto to help him with his growing arms dealing business (Lord of War, 2005). Yuri never has a problem selling to warlords or evil people to him it is just business and that he personally isn't responsible for anyone being killed with the weapons. His business keeps growing and his goal is to be the best arms dealer in the world.
He then meets Ava Fontaine played by Bridget Moynahan and becomes obsessed with her (Lord of War, 2005). He then finds her at a hotel and ends up renting out the whole hotel to make it seem like they are the only people staying there. He does this as an excuse to get a chance to talk to her they then start dating and eventually get married. He never discusses what he does for a living during this time.
The recurring theme during this whole movie is how morally bankrupt he is. He never cares about who he sells to and the consequences for what he sells. His brother so consumed by guilt for what he is doing becomes a drug addict and ends up dying because he can't handle it.
When he is finally caught by Jack Valentine played by Ethan Hawke he loses his family (Lord of War, 2005). His wife then divorces him and takes his son and she is done with him. He then is released from Valentines Custody due to him being important to the United States government.
The whole recurring theme of the movie is how he puts his business above everything. After he loses his brother to what his choice of profession is he still doesn't stop he keeps on going. The end of the movie even after he loses his family he still keeps on doing his profession and has no plans to stop. This movie is extremely well done and Nicolas Cage plays his role perfectly