Another Hollywood Picture Trying To Make a Political Statement

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2005)

Look, actors just need to act and quit trying to pathetically make a political statement. The trailers made this movie to a fun spoof of gun running as Cage did with car-jacking in "Gone in 60 Seconds". When we walked out at the end all we could say was "depressing".
I'm having a hard time knocking it as I like Cage and on one hand the acting, photography and direction were done well, and the movie had it moments. But then it turned into a political statement. Watch the credits for the actor of one shadowed character which you never really did quite see but was typically of the "big bad US military" ala Oliver North type with sharp close ups of headgear or ribbons, etc. In the credits this character was played by at least 3 different actors. One I caught as the credits quickly scrolled up was Donald Sutherland not otherwise credited anywhere else. All of which trying to get their say in against bad old US of A, but they'll gladly take their paycheck and lifestyle here huh?! In my line of work I've seen enough "reality" without needing to be preached to. At least in "Hotel Ruwanda" you knew what you were going to see, not switched and baited as in "Lord of War".
Wait for the DVD, then let someone else rent it for you.