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	Blu-ray Review: Lord of War \| High-Def Digest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		'Lord of War' charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), from his early days in the '80s, running guns to mobsters in Little Odessa, to his rise as a highly successful international arms dealer, to his inevitable downfall amid decadence and violence.
		Indeed, 'Lord of War' works just as well as a thriller as it does a drama and as an action movie, however cynical its ultimate worldview may be.
		'Lord of War' was originally exhibited theatrically at 2.40:1, but when it came time for its subsequent DVD release, for some reason the folks at Lionsgate chose to transfer the film at a cropped 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
	bluray.highdefdigest.com /lordofwar.html (1349 words)

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		Lord of War can't stop reminding us that gun-running crushes the soul; the movie ultimately crushes itself in a vise of self-loathing.
		Lord of War is a two-hour effort to wipe the smirk off Yuri's face.
		Lord of War doesn't work as a tragedy or as a comedy, especially since Niccol fills the soundtrack with glib, obvious songs that editorialize on the action (he actually puts Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" on when Vitaly starts his habit).
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/lordofwar.html (846 words)

	Lord of War
		It's a point-of-view that feels especially naïve given the lengths to which Niccol goes to make Lord of War a scathing indictment of the way men rationalize away the evisceration of their better selves in the pursuit of trophy wives, Hyde Park penthouses, and borrowed ethnic identity.
		Lord of War is a trippy, high-budget public service announcement shot like a luxury car commercial and narrated by an A-lister with a liberal agenda but not enough artistic integrity to portray a person he despises as genuinely despicable.
		The problem isn't that it's controversial, but that it isn't controversial at all; pity that Lord of War is actually a pretty fair representation of the current state of America's Democratic platform: flaccid, conciliatory, and AWOL.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/lordofwar.htm (514 words)

	Lord of War Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In "Lord of War," Director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Truman Show, S1m0ne) shines his cinematic spotlight on the shadowy world of illicit arms trafficking - a global scourge that has claimed millions of lives since the end of the Cold War.
		Yet despite its Hollywood feel, "Lord of War" is an excellent introduction to the opaque and oft-ignored activities of the merchants of death, or lords of war.
		That said, "Lord of War" is an edgy, innovative and darkly humorous film that appeals to lay audiences and policy analysts alike.
	fas.org /asmp/library/articles/LordofWarPIR.html (989 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Lord Of War
		Our review of Lord Of War: Two-Disc Special Edition, published January 30th, 2006, is also available.
		In Lord of War, Cage plays Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian immigrant to the United States whose family moved to New York and whose father converted to Judaism.
		Lord of War starts off with a pretty clever three minute introduction that could easily have come from a David Fincher or Spike Jonze film.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/lordwar.php (964 words)

	Cage By Page : Lord of War News & Previews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		"Lord of War" was written and directed by Andrew Niccol and was financed by Niccol and Phillippe Rousselet's Entertainment Manufacturing Company and the German fund VIP.
		LORD OF WAR, which is currently in post production, is the story of an arms dealer (Cage) who reevaluates the morality of his occupation while on the run from an Interpol agent (Hawke).
		Cage and Bellucci in Niccol's Lord of War
	www.cagebypage.com /abouthismovies/news_previews/lord_of_war.html (3241 words)

	Lord of War at The Black Iris of Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lord of War tells the tale of an arms dealer (Nicolas Cage) and his rise to power and riches while he battles both an Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) and his own conscience.
		Lord of War is of course about guns and war.
		His character, Yuri, has himself convinced that his job is as natural as war and he attempts to live in this world without taking sides so as to allow himself to never have to confront the moralities of such a job.
	www.black-iris.com /?p=697 (789 words)

	Lord of War
		While Lord of War is an intelligent examination of the gun trade, it is too scattershot in its plotting to connect.
		Lord of War is an extremely compelling tale with fantastic acting performances, great dialogue and dark humor that still makes you laugh in the middle of gripping drama
		Lord of War lacks the major gravitational pull that a film of its scope should exert.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/lord_of_war (1063 words)

	Amazon.com: Lord of War (Widescreen): DVD: Andrew Niccol,Nicolas Cage,Bridget Moynahan,Jared Leto,Shake ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I wanted to see Lord of War when it came out in the theaters, but since I never got that chance I had to wait until it came out on DVD and lets just say that I'm glad that I waited and didn't pay 8 bucks, and instead rented it for $3.99 at Blockbuster.
		LOW is a three and half star movie that could have had better story development, character development and perhaps could have been rolled into two movies considering that the subject of the movie is a large one.
		LoW is a literary masterpiece suffused with dark satire and gallow humor.
	www.amazon.com /Lord-War-Widescreen-Andrew-Niccol/dp/B000BYA5G4 (3186 words)

	IGN: Lord of War Review
		Lord of War opens with a terrific visual credit sequence that combines creative camerawork with CG trickery.
		Based on a number of actual events and probably an amalgam of actual arms dealers, Lord of War is a frightening and eye-popping portrayal of a seedy underworld few of us know anything about.
		Besides Cage, the standout of the film is Eamonn Walker as Andre Baptiste – a ruthless Liberian warlord (he prefers "lord of war") who is entertained by Yuri's fearless salesman tactics.
	movies.ign.com /articles/651/651281p1.html (886 words)

	Lord of War review, Lord of War DVD review
		Director Andrew Niccol’s latest film, “Lord of War,” is one giant public service announcement on the how-to of gunrunning.
		The fact that Niccol borrowed actual weapons of war from real life gunrunners just days before they were shipped for use in real wars gives you but a small taste of the comical irony surrounding this film.
		”Lord of War” is a dark, dark satire on the world of warfare, and Niccol’s script does a fantastic job without taking sides.
	www.bullz-eye.com /mguide/reviews_2005/lord_of_war.htm (1155 words)

	'Lord of War' Drives The Devil's Bargain
		Such is the cynical wit that drives "Lord of War," which Niccol wrote and directed, and which exhibits his signature dual devotion to sleek, highly legible images and almost compulsively cerebral dialogue.
		Meanwhile, on-screen, "Lord of War" tells Yuri's story with the same bravado and stylishness as Scorsese at his finest, with bigger-than-life characters and situations splashing across the screen in breathtaking scale.
		Lord of War (122 minutes, at area theaters) is rated R for strong violence, drug use, profanity and sexuality.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/15/AR2005091502423.html (938 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: The Current Cinema
		“Lord of War,” the story of the rise of an international arms dealer, is a raffishly ironic and insinuating movie—and probably the most sheerly enjoyable film of the year so far.
		In “Lord of War,” Niccol has at last begun to embrace the messy world we live in—or, at least, his own hyped-up, viciously entertaining version of it.
		“Lord of War” is lower in tone, but it’s also memorable and pleasure-giving, and its sense of outrage is just as strong.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/cinema/articles/050926crci_cinema (1330 words)

	Lord of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord of War is a 2005 film written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Nicolas Cage.
		It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006.
		The UK DVD release of Lord of War has, prior to the film, an advert for Amnesty International, showing the AK-47 being sold on a shopping channel of the style popular on cable networks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_of_War (2060 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Lord of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At the same time, Niccol's reliance on massive chunks of voice-over narration (care of the hard-working Cage) and a snide tone leave the unfortunate impression that the film is extremely callous toward its subject.
		"Lord of War" wades in the dangerous waters of politically fl humor, which can capsize the most important message without a strong hand in command.
		If "Lord of War" makes its most obvious point by decrying the human cost of the global proliferation of arms, its subtler point is that in Yuri's view, selling AK-47s or helicopter gunships is no different from selling refrigerators.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117928073?categoryid=31 (1052 words)

	Lord of War (2005) \| The Stop Button
		Lord of War fails on quite a few levels--I suppose some of the direction is interesting and some of the puns are funny--but it still surprised me when it attempted to be civic-minded in the end.
		The last scene and one of the first scenes are pretty much it for actual scenes in Lord of War.
		Lord of War breaks that cardinal rule of voiceover narration--without Cage’s narration, the film would not make any sense.
	www.thestopbutton.com /indices/film_by_title/lord_of_war_2005.html (468 words)

	Lord of War (2005): Reviews
		Lord of War is advocacy entertainment -- an act of mainstream provocation -- and, for the most part, it works unusually well.
		Lord Of War charges bravely and relentlessly into volatile territory, and it's hard to leave unscarred by the experience.
		Incorporating surrealist humor and an ironic patina, Lord of War tries for irreverent satire, but the film (and especially Cage) is too muted and distant.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/lordofwar (1470 words)

	Movie Review - Lord of War
		Lord of War almost didn't make it to the big screen.
		Although telling the truth in Lord of War makes for a riveting tale of international intrigue and finger pointing, it wasn't really a great way to secure funding for a major motion picture.
		As their fortunes mount, Yuri marries the fashion model of his dreams (Bridget Moynahan) and Vitaly lands himself in a rehab center for his cocaine addiction.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/2005/lordofwar.htm (728 words)

	Lord of War - The Hollywood News - www.TheHollywoodNews.com - The Ultimate News and Previews Website
		LORD OF WAR tells the rise and fall story of Nicolas Cage's Yuri Orlov, a gunrunner that starts off selling guns to the local mobsters in his old neighbourhood in Little Odessa, all the way through to selling huge quantities of firearms to dictators of small countries in the mid-1990's.
		The film is told through the eyes of the main character, Cage's Orlov, and we're treated to a wonderful opening sequence where we track up to Cage, over the top of thousands and thousands of bullet cartridges.
		LORD OF WAR is released on region two DVD on March 6th, 2006 and on region one from 17th January, 2006.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /dvd/160101.php (950 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| OPINION > ‘Lord of War’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Even the Security Council’s permanent nonvoting members lucratively engage in the manufacture of war weapons and ammunition—Germany produces G3 assault rifles, with seven million units available worldwide, while Belgium and America manufacture FAL and M-16 rifles, respectively, with the same number of units worldwide.
		Amnesty International endorses Andre Niccol’s Lord of War, an action-adventure movie on international arms dealing, because of its truthful depiction of real-life characters and their atrocious commercial deals.
		Countries with insurgencies, warring states and governments at war with their own indigent and indigenous populations will never end the violence.
	manilatimes.net /national/2006/feb/06/yehey/opinion/20060206opi3.html (717 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Lord of War at Epinions.com
		Lord of War is thinly disguised anti-gun propaganda
		Lord of War stars Nicholas Cage as an arms dealer who ignores his own morals until he gets in too deep with the gunrunning game.
		With the anit-gun stuff aside, I thought Lord of War was a pretty entertaining movie.
	www.epinions.com /content_220213644932 (785 words)

	Amnesty International USA: Lord of War
		Amnesty International USA is proud to announce its support of Lord of War, a film starring Academy Award-Winner Nicolas Cage that illustrates the deadly impact of the uncontrolled global arms trade.
		Lord of War is now available on DVD for rental and purchasing.
		Prepare for a discussion by reading through the Lord of War action guide (request the action guide) and other background information.
	www.amnestyusa.org /lordofwar (483 words)

	At the Movies: Lord of War
		The opening sequence of Andrew Niccol’s third feature, LORD OF WAR, follows the journey of a bullet, from its manufacture somewhere in Russia until the moment it is fired into the head of a young African.
		LORD OF WAR is one of a number of current American films which are attempting to draw attention to some very disturbing trends in world affairs, and for that it’s a most welcome antidote to the usual glut of sequels and remakes.
		Remarks: Lords of War takes a subject usually reserved for documenturies and turns it into an action flick.
	www.abc.net.au /atthemovies/txt/s1569386.htm (1486 words)

	The Billboard Liberation Front » Blog Archive » The Lord of War
		It’s not necessarily the war that is so upsettin, it’s the lying at the expense of American lives, Iraqi lives and our reputation and goodwill.
		War is not glorious or something to take pride in.
		Digging through their archives, they have the “Lord of War” improvement done near Zeitgeist last year.
	www.billboardliberation.com /2005/09/20/the-lord-of-war (825 words)

	Lord Of War \| The A.V. Club
		Told through the eyes of a soulless gun-runner, Andrew Niccol's bracing Lord Of War looks at the nuts-and-bolts business of contemporary warfare from the supply side, and comes to some disquieting conclusions about whose hands are really dirty.
		Niccol implies that First World countries, in their covert support of warring factions around the globe, share that same cognitive dissonance by policing gun-runners with a wink and keeping them around as a necessary evil.
		Lord Of War drops the hammer slowly, laying out the fascinating parameters of Cage's world before opening up its argument in an astonishing denouement.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/40646 (500 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Lord Of War [2005]: DVD: Nicolas Cage,Jared Burke,Davis Shumbris,Jeremy Crutchley,Shake Tukhmanyan,David ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Niccol's themes are even bigger than Yuri's arms deals, and he drives them home with a blunt-force lack of subtlety, but Cage gives the film the kind of insanely dark humour it needs to have.
		The Lord of War is a film about a man's struggle with his inner values, caught as he is between the profitable but callous trade in weapons and the only woman he loves.
		The plight of Cage's character serves to show us that we are individually responsible for what we do in our lives and how it affects others, and that it is such choices that speak about who we really are.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Lord-War-Nicolas-Cage/dp/B000CR6X3E (1698 words)

	Lord Of War, DVD Trailer Stream
		LORD OF WAR is written and directed by ANDREW NICCOL (The Truman Show, Gattaca, S1m0ne) and stars Academy Award-Winner NICOLAS CAGE (National Treasure, Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas, Face Off, Con Air, The Rock) and Academy Award-Nominee ETHAN HAWKE (Taking Lives, Training Day, Gattaca, Reality Bites, Dead Poets Society).
		The film explores a little-known consequence of the end of the Cold War - the enormous quantity of arms that suddenly became available for sale by former Soviet states to developing countries (especially in Africa) and the vast sums of money made by the arms dealers who sold them.
		Part social commentary, part fl comedy, part character study, LORD OF WAR is an original and devastating action adventure.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/lordofwarx06x02x06 (538 words)

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