Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageYuri Orlov
- Bridget MoynahanAva Fontaine Orlov
- Jared LetoVitaly Orlov
- Ethan HawkeJack Valentine
- Eamonn WalkerAndre Baptiste Sr.
- Ian HolmSimeon Weisz
- Sammi RotibiAndre Baptiste Jr.
- Tanit PhoenixCandy
- Shake TukhmanyanIrina Orlov
- Jared BurkeUkrainian Mobster
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A bleak comedy, funny in a "Catch-22" sort of way, and at the same time an angry outcry against the gun traffic. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Cage is brilliant. - 80
Variety
Brimming with cinematic confidence, cynicism, chutzpah plus dramatic bungles, Andrew Niccol's ambitious Lord of War views today's international arms trade through its anti-hero. - 70
The A.V. Club
Lord Of War charges bravely and relentlessly into volatile territory, and it's hard to leave unscarred by the experience. - 70
Dallas Observer
It's this moralizing, this slamming down of a stop sign every time the movie wants to rev its engines, that keeps Lord of War from being great. But it's three-fourths of a great movie, if nothing else, it has more brains and balls than most studio releases, for which it's to be commended and recommended. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Both script and performance, however, waver between black comedy and more routine international-thriller concerns. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
A black comedy, a character study, and a thriller, Lord of War lacks the gritty, hell-bent hilarity of David O. Russell's contemporary war pic, "Three Kings." - 60
Village Voice
Niccol's fatal error is in making the protagonist at once amoral and insipid, an admixture thickened by Cage's loquacious yet stoned voice-over and Moynahan's moist-eyed tremblings as the trophy wife.
