Has anyone here seen Lord of War? Really good and political!

[peacebaby3]

I was surprised at how good this movie is because I didn't hear much about it when it was released to theaters. I did want to go see it, but very rarely make it to the theater.

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. i second that recommendation

Nicolas Cage...good as usual...and just an all around good flick

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[Caoimhe]

2. Yes, it wasn't bad

I am sure so much of it happened. I'm sure it's continuing to happen every day.

[derby378]

7. Did you check out the extras disc?

A large chunk of the script was somewhat loosely based on a real Ukranian-born arms dealer who smuggled weapons from cash-strapped Ukranian military bases to violent rebel factions in Liberia via Sierra Leone in violation of a UN arms embargo. He was arrested by Italian police, but got off scot free on a legal technicality.

That said, Lord of War is one hell of a movie. That opening sequence - the life cycle of a Soviet 7.62x39mm bullet - is especially jarring.

[peacebaby3]

11. I rented from Netflix and just got 1 DVD, but I just purchased the SE

off of eBay so I will watch disc 2 when it arrives.

The opening sequence is amazing!

[Peggy Day]

3. lots of violence nt

[peacebaby3]

9. It is violent (and not for kids), but not just for the sake of violence.

IMHO, it is necessary to tell the story, but everyone should be warned that it is violent.

[leftstreet]

4. I recommend it for this reason:

Not that it's great as far as movies go, but it helps people see what we call political strife in some countries for what it really is - nothing more than a few people getting rich from the continued selling and recycling of weapons.

[peacebaby3]

10. Agreed.

And the part at the end where we find out some of the other people involved, I thought was excellent to show just who is REALLY behind guns, dictators, and war in many cases.

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Recommended! Cage does great narration! A+ cynical politics!

[wildbilln864]

6. Yes a good movie....

based on true events.

[LARED]

8. Rented it the other day

Good flick.