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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 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.

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ProducerAndy Grosch, Norm Golightly, Christopher Roberts, Andrew Niccol, Phillippe Rousselot

EAN5060116720457

eBay Product ID (ePID)61604456

Product Key Features

ActorJean-Pierre Nshanian, Bridget Moynahan, David Harman, Ethan Hawke, Davis Shumbris, Eamonn Walker, Jared Burke, Donald Sutherland, Jared Leto, Sammi Rotibi, Nicolas Cage, Shake Tukhmanyan, Ian Holm, Jeremy Crutchley

DirectorAndrew Niccol

Release Year2006

GenreGeneral, Comedy

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Number of Discs1

FormatUMD

LanguageEnglish

ReviewsSight And Sound - Cage has excelled at playing gaunt-faced but sympathetic loners. He excels again here in a role that allows him to show his flair for deadpan comedy...

Certificate15

Movie/TV TitleLord Of War

ComposerAntonio Pinto

ScreenwriterAndrew Niccol

Run Time117 mins

Format DescriptionUMD