Review: Lord of War
In the 80s in Little Odessa, the Ukrainian immigrant Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) decides to change his economical life and becomes an arm dealer with his brother Vitaly Orlov (Jared Leto). His business of gunrunner supplying illegal weapons in disturbed areas of the planet increases with the end of the Cold War, and Yuri bribes a Russian general to sell most of his arsenal. Meanwhile, he becomes a millionaire and uses his money to seduce the beautiful Ava Fontaine (Bridget Moynahan) and they get married, having a son. The detective Jack Valentine (Ethan Hawke) chases Yuri trying to put him in jail, but in the end he understands that Yuri is a necessary evil for the interest of his nation.Sourced from IMDB
Another interesting movie watched this week. Well, it certainly change my mind about the meaning of 'weapon of mass destruction'. I always thought of it being nuclear missiles, some anthrax bombs or something that can go bomb and everybody dies. However, how many of us would have thought that simple firearms like the AK47 can easily murder more than anything in the world can. These traditionally branded 'weapon of mass destruction' which the US had keep on preventing other nations from acquiring only sits in the silo, and if my history is correct, the US was the only one who used them on a really really large scale to end the world war II (bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki). So, which is more deadly? an ak47 (the most popular rifle in the black market of Africa) or a nuclear bomb? What did i say of weapon of mass destruction again?
Another similar movie will be The Protege by Andy Lau last year. Just that one talking about drug, another on gunrunners. Both of the bad guys have the same belief - what they are doing is only simple demand and supply of economics. There is nothing wrong. They are not the one responsible for the misuse of their products. Well, this proves that greed can really blind a person's eye and heart. Now, who owns Genting or alcohol/Tobacco company stock here? I want to tell you that you are actually destroying many people's life right now! ha...is there any difference?
Cage is as monotonous as always in the movie, but this is a lot better than Ghost Rider. Watch it if you haven't.