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Lord of War (2005) -- Trailer for this action film starring Nicholas Cage as a gun runner
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Lord of War (2005) -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
Lord of War (2005) -- 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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Tagline:
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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Great Movie -- Similar to "The Godfather" See more (381 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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lord of War (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, drug use, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
122 min
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Yuri Orlov is a composite of five real arms dealers. See more »
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Factual errors: At the end of the film it is said that "The world's biggest arms suppliers are the U.S., U.K., Russia, France and China." This is incorrect. According to information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the five biggest arms exporters in 2005 were, in descending order: USA, Russia, Germany, France and U.K., while China is the 11th. 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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173 out of 286 people found the following review useful.
Great Movie -- Similar to "The Godfather", 16 September 2005
Author: opencad2 from United States

This was a great movie. Cage delivered on the "anti-hero" - a 21st century "Corleone".

The locations were cool and "spectacular". From a visual standpoint this movie really does take you around the world. New York, Russia, Libya, Libera, etc. This movie is shot very, very well.

The pacing of the movie is brisk, the scenes aren't morose. Like Platoon, this movie doesn't glamorize or demonize situations. A guy who sells weapons for a living meets some violent people in some violent places. The visual style is breathtaking . . .

What I like best is, no characters in the movie are "romanticized". There are no "good guys". One could make the case that there are no "bad guys" as well I suppose. There are people who do bad things for reasons you don't understand. There are people who do nothing when they should do something for reasons you don't understand. Its a pretty accurate depiction of real life :)

I think I might have rated the movie 8.5, if there were any other movies at all about this topic that were anywhere in its league. If you make a great "Legally Blond", that's nice. If you make a great movie about arms trading with a sold antihero and supporting characters, I figure you get "extra credit".

I think you're a fool if you miss this movie. Its not about Iraq. Its not particularly political. This movie could have been made under any president in the last 100 years and been just as accurate. Its not particularly anti-gun. Its just about this guy who sells guns.

On the other hand, don't take people to this movie if they can't handle violence or movies that aren't designed to make them "feel good" when they walk out. This is a good movie, its interesting, its intelligent, its important -- but its not Ferris Buellers Day Off or Spinal Tap.

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