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Lord of War (2005)

"Where there's a will, there's a weapon."
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👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 62%
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Runtime
2h 2m
Rated
R
Country
France, United States of America, Germany
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (5,231 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
62

Cast

Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov · 68% avg
Bridget Moynahan as Ava Fontaine Orlov · 78% avg
Jared Leto as Vitaly Orlov · 74% avg
Ethan Hawke as Jack Valentine · 69% avg
Eamonn Walker as Andre Baptiste Sr. · 76% avg
Ian Holm as Simeon Weisz · 76% avg
Sammi Rotibi as Andre Baptiste Jr.
Tanit Phoenix as Candy

Is Lord of War good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 62%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#147 / 1253 · Crime
Rank in its year
#17 / 180 · 2005
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 7 · Andrew Niccol

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Lord of War is a 2005 American crime drama directed by Andrew Niccol. Nicolas Cage stars as Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian-American arms dealer who rises from modest beginnings in Brighton Beach to become one of the world's most prolific illegal weapons traffickers, supplying arms to African warlords, South American dictators, and anyone else with cash. Jared Leto plays his brother Vitaly, who is consumed by the drug-fueled lifestyle, while Ethan Hawke plays Jack Valentine, an idealistic Interpol agent trying to bring Yuri down.

Andrew Niccol's screenplay was based on the real careers of several international arms dealers, and the film's opening sequence — following a bullet from its manufacture in a factory through shipping, battlefield use, and into a child's skull — was one of the most inventively chilling title sequences in cinema. Nicolas Cage's performance as Yuri, a man who is charming, intelligent, and utterly amoral, was among his most controlled and effective. Lord of War earned $72 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.

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