Lord of War
2005
**½
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm
This black comedy tells a partly true story of Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian born gunrunner who hits the jackpot with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The script is thought-provoking and well researched, even if Niccol is heavy-handed in including all the grim data in his dialogue and narration. Orlov's personal story, on the other hand, fails to resonate because we're never given any reason to feel sorry for him.
