lord of war
Inspired by a true story, Lord of War also features Jared Leto, Ian Holm, Bridget Moynahan, and Donald Sutherland. [1]
Lord of War is a 2005 political crime thriller film written and directed by Andrew Niccol which stars Nicolas Cage. [2]
View company contact information for Lord of War on IMDbPro. [3]
Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) is an opportunistic businessman who stumbled into a gold mine after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. [1]
As his business grows, Yuri tells of his first incident with Jack Valentine (Ethan Hawke), an Interpol agent who cannot be bought with money. [...] Cage plays an illegal arms dealer with similarities to post-Soviet arms dealers Viktor Bout and Leonid Minin. [2]
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent. [3]
Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals, even some of his customers who include many of the world’s most notorious dictators. [4]
Orlov’s exploits in the arms business quickly made him a very rich man, but they’ve also led to some unwanted attention from Jack Valentine (Ethan Hawke), an Interpol agent who is convinced Orlov isn’t playing by the rules. [1]
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 includes, 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. [2]
Huge caches of Soviet weapons became available at bargain prices (and even for free if one wasn’t above stealing), and as literally billions of dollars’ worth of Soviet military technology disappeared, it began finding its way into the hands of weapons dealers eager to sell it to the highest bidder. [1]
It also proved you don’t need action every two minutes to keep a film involving for the audience. [3]
The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry. [1]
Soon after, he courts and marries model Ava Fontaine (Bridget Moynahan) and they have a child named Nikolai. [2]
Sources:
[1] Lord of War 2005: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[2] Lord of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Lord of War (2005)
[4] Lord of War - Yahoo! Movies