Lord of War is a great movie, but too bad that the general American audiences seem cannot fully appreciate this internationally themed movie, even despite of excellent critics. The story is about an international gun dealer, whose fortune goes tremendously high specially after the collapse of the soviet. Nicolas Cage's actting as the dealer is flawless, with his cold, confident, innocent, and sad face. Screenwriter and director, Andrew Niccole, has implied his message through witty and bitter humors. The movie is a real drama by any definition. The opening of the movie is stunning: it is the story of a Kalashnikov bullet, from the point it was made in a factory in Russia, to the the point that it made its way into the brain of a young African guerrilla! Among the many masterly crafted scenes of the movie, one of my favorites is the scene that an Afghan fighter starts shooting the soviet soldiers (of course with a Russian made AK-47) and Yuri, the dealer, eagerly is gazing at him while we hear the sound of cartridge revolver turning to that of a cash machine. What makes this great movie more pleasant to watch, is its fantastic cinematography, with beautiful, and in contrast, shocking scenes.
It is such a clever movie that every time you watch it, probably you will find a new thing there.
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