Lord of War
Lord of War is a 2005 crime war film written, produced and directed by Andrew Niccol and coproduced by 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 Bluray Disc on July 27, 2006. Cage plays an illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several reallife arms dealers and smugglers. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the arms trafficking by the international arms industry.
In the early 1980s, Yuri is visiting a Brighton Beach restaurant, where a Russian mobster kills two wouldbe assassins. He is inspired to go into the arms trade, comparing the constant need for weapons to the similar human need for food. At his fathers synagogue, he contacts an Israeli to obtain an illegal Uzi. After completing the first sale, Yuri convinces his brother Vitaly Jared Leto to become his partner, and they leave their jobs at the family restaurant behind.Yuris first big break comes in the 1982 Lebanon War, when he sells guns to all sides of the conflict, despite witnessing war crimes and atrocities. As Yuri becomes more successful in the wars aftermath, his business comes to the attention of Interpol, and in particular idealistic agent Jack Valentine Ethan Hawke. Valentine is after glory rather than money, making it impossible for Yuri to bribe him as he does other government agents within Interpol and elsewhere in 1989. ........
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