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Lord of War -- Trailer for this action film starring Nicholas Cage as a gun runner
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Lord of War -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
Lord of War -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
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Andrew Niccol (written by)
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Release Date:
16 September 2005 (USA) See more »
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The first and most important rule of gun-running is: never get shot with your own merchandise. See more »
Plot:
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Lord of War is the Lord of Movies this year. See more (387 total) »

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage ... Yuri Orlov

Bridget Moynahan ... Ava Fontaine

Jared Leto ... Vitaly Orlov
Shake Tukhmanyan ... Irina Orlov (as Shake Toukhmanian)
Jean-Pierre Nshanian ... Anatoly Orlov

Jared Burke ... Ukrainian Mobster

Eric Uys ... Ukrainian Mobster

David Shumbris ... Ukrainian Mobster
Stewart Morgan ... Ukrainian Mobster
Jasper Lenz ... Gregor
Stephen Gregor ... Eli Kurtzman
Kobus Marx ... Boris
Stephan De Abreu ... Liev

Jeremy Crutchley ... Arms Fair Salesman

Ian Holm ... Simeon Weisz
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Rated R for strong violence, drug use, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
122 min
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UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41968) | Ireland:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Brazil:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:15 | Czech Republic:12 | France:-12 | Canada:18A (Ontario/British Columbia/Saskatchewan) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Hungary:16 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 (theatrical rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) (uncut) | Malaysia:18PL | Japan:R-15 | Spain:18

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The character, Colonel Oliver Southern, is an obvious nod to Lt Col. Oliver North who was tried, and ultimately pardoned, for selling arms to Iran to raise money to support the Contra movement in Nicaragua.See more »
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Continuity: Ava and Yuri's heights change at every cut in the scene at their wedding reception where they discuss her parents. When viewed from behind Yuri, Ava is taller. When viewed from behind Ava, Yuri is taller.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Yuri Orlov:[voiceover] You don't have to worry. I'm not gonna tell you a pack of lies to make me look good. I'm just gonna tell you what happened.
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245 out of 339 people found the following review useful.
Lord of War is the Lord of Movies this year., 20 September 2005
Author: Lucas Ellis from Winter Springs

Yuri Orlov(Nicolas Cage) tells his humorous, disturbing, and tragic story of coming from nothing to becoming the greatest gun-runner in the world.

Lord of War could not have been made better. The narration by cage was not only hysterical but when needed to be, emotional. The acting was the best this year. Cage showed me that he could find a character that actually fit him and the supporting cast with Jared Leto and Bridget Moynahan was incredible. I have never seen a movie that was so funny and so dramatic since my viewing of American Beauty.

The writing was beautiful. There is nothing more to say about it. It was just B-e-a-t-i-f-u-l. The movie is also very entertaining which can't be said about most dramatic movies but then again this movie is more than just dramatic, it's in it's own category! The story is gripping and makes you want Cage to succeed in his illegal actions after you have seen the other side of his criminal lifestyle. It characterizes every day warlords to the point where you understand them and sympathize for them and maybe even blame the American government due to fact that it is based on actual events. Overall, the movie was incredible and honestly one of the best this year.

I highly recommend this movie.

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