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Lord of War Details

2005 Certificate 15
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Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to among other top clients the .. Read more

Starring Ian Holm, Sammi Rotibi, Eamonn Walker, Donald Sutherland
Director Andrew Niccol
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Lord of War

Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to among other top clients the sadistic African dictator Andre Baptiste, Sr. (Eamonn Walker). Jared Leto co-stars as Uri's little brother Vitaly, whose conscience and a burgeoning cocaine problem get in the way of business. Ethan Hawke is good as a sanctimonious Interpol agent with a vendetta against Uri, but the film's biggest dose of onscreen gravitas comes from Walker, whose Baptiste seethes with a heavy, serpent-like malevolence. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the film makes fine use of the brisk stream-of-consciousness narration style that Martin Scorcese brought to the true crime genre with 'Goodfellas' (1992), and a near constant flow of action and classic rock songs that ensure a speedy, riveting ride through three decades of global carnage. Cage, who coproduced, lets his patented oddball magnetism slowly change polarity, until viewers realise they've been led into a moral quagmire by falling for his self-delusory spiels about supply and demand, making this one of the bravest and most jet-black comedies of its decade.

Starring Ian Holm, Sammi Rotibi, Eamonn Walker, Donald Sutherland, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Nicolas Cage, Jared Burke, Ethan Hawke, Davis Shumbris, Shake Tukhmanyan, David Harman, Jared Leto, Jeremy Crutchley, Bridget Moynahan
Director Andrew Niccol
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 57 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 57 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2005

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      Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ...
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    • Lord of War
      Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ...

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