Must say that The opening "Life of a bullet" sequence, the plane dismantling timelpase, and the dialogue at the end of the movie, are amongst one of the most memorable scenes in movies ive ever saw.
Lord of War is a masterpiece of Cinema. The intro sequence is perfect, the ending is flawless, everything about this movie is Oscar worthy. It's a crime it did so poorly in the US.
I know the opening monologue by heart: "There are over 550 million firearms in world-wide circulation. That is one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other eleven?"
Haha another movie that I've totally seen. But yes this is definitely overlooked. Amazing flick, and whenever I'm talking to movie peeps nobody seems to know this movie.
The interrogation scene is one of the best scenes in movie history. Both Cage and Hawke act perfectly and is just move gold. The shift in who has power is subtle and so effective when Cage explains what's going to happen to get him released. I can watch this scene over and over - it never gets boring.
What I really like about this movie is the cynical ending.Usually,in these types of movies,in the end our "hero" loses everything,goes to jail etc. or has a change of heart whatever.... Not here. *SPOILERS* In the end,Yuri gets arrested after his wife rats him out on the feds.But it´s all good,because he calls up his connections at the Pentagon,for which he does the dirty work supplying the weapons to various "friendly freedom fighters" *wink* and they bail him out.In the last scene,we see him somewhere in N.Africa running weapons eh.. I mean "umbrellas". War is my business and business is booming. Like Yuri says,by breaking the 4th wall in the end: "governments need people like me,who can do the dirty work for them."
@@PistonAvatarGuy No, they actually NEED guys like him. Don't like the regime in charge of a country? You could declare war on them directly and accept all of the political consequences of that action...or you could just supply guns to their enemies and hope they take them out for you. Obviously, option 2 is the way to go; but if you're going to so much trouble to keep your name out of the papers you can't very well be caught supplying the insurgency directly now can you? Enter arms dealers. It's like money laundering but for war....war laundering.
I cant even remember how many times I watched this movie. Its nostalgic for me now. I watched the commentary on it and was pretty surprised to find out that in the scene when Yuri and his uncle are in one of the armory storage units, the director said that all those guns in that shot were real AK-47's, because it was cheaper to buy the real rifles than the prop rifles. I also didn't know that the kid working on the helicopter was Nic's real son until I watched that commentary.
Lord of War is a gem of a flick. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and today is the first day I'm learning that it was a domestic box office failure. I loved the movie so much I always just kinda assumed it had done well. I love the way you described it as a gangster movie because that's the most apt description. While watching it, you feel the same way you felt watching Scarface or, later, American Gangster. I also think it's probably Jared Leto's best performance on record. He steals the show in my opinion.
Unfortunately this movie was grossly underappreciated by the american critics and I think that it may be. Why? Well I might because the fact that the ultimate villain in the movie was not a Yuri Orlov, not the arms dealers, but the US president, which is in Hollywood cinematography a literal blasphemy! Just think about it? What is the last Hollywood blockbuster that you saw and that portrays a US president as anything less then almost perfectly honourable hero, not to say even saint? In Hollywood there is a great tradition of making a story (or propaganda?) of US president as a valiant man who, whatever the party he may be in, is always ready to sacrifice himself for the others, no matter who they were. He often saves the day (or planet), is an leader of "free world", fighting against the tyrants of the Earth (or galaxy) and is almost or even completely without any seeable sins. But NOT in this movie! Here US president is someone who funds and equips the terrorists, who breaks the law to release world wide infamous illegal arms dealers, a man who is responsible for the deaths of millions! And Orlov clearly points out at the end of movie that whatever he did, that everything evil that he done through the movie, the US president and the system are doing on like a hundred times larger scale! Yuri even says that the US president is actually selling so much weapons and ammunition in a day that he couldn't sell that amount in a year! The US president, in this movie, is basically the worst of the worst kind of people! And that might be the reason why it failed with the critics in US and why wasn't even represented in an Oscar awards.
The movie, in my opinion and more importantly, is also about gun and war culture criticism created by the United States over the Last 50-60 years. It's not false to say that most conflicts in our modern history were one way or another fueled by the United States. In cinema, most movies portrait the USA as the good guy, the one that has the decisive role, the leader of the world country and wins pretty much every fight. So when you do a movie that shows flaws on high standart patriotism country where guns and the military are inherited in their way of life, It isn't going to do okay. Also, I don't know why but It seems like in that country admitting to wrong doing is a sign of weakness, a taboo conversation and all that matters is being at the top.
@@TheGDiaX I totally agree with you. You know one thing is interesting to me. It's that, although I live in Serbia, which until recently was the country with the second biggest guns per capita ratio (the first is US of course), here there was never a developed gun loving culture, like in the US. As for wars, I totally agree on that US and it's allies/puppets started or fueled most of the conflicts since the WW2. It somehow is strange that always those that start or fuel the most wars in history are also the least ready to accept the guilty for doing that. The movie strikes right there where it hurts for such country and, of course, the people and critics rejected it. Being at the top, as you say, is another strange thing. I personally never understood why would someone be proud to have a massive empire? I mean, they know that it was built on wars of conquest, they know that it is commiting war crimes (not to use the word genocide) and that people in your colonies are oppressed, but they are still proud of it and proud of being at the top?! Truly, as you said, I don't understand such logic.
In Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle the US president is depicted as a bad person. When the switch happened and you suddenly see what the president was actually doing I remember laughing my ass off in the theatre, and being the absolute only person in the theatre laughing. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I can see what you mean about that not landing well with American audiences. It's too bad. It's an aspect of our citizenry that is poorly explored.
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman tbh, the republican party is always free game in hollywood. Bush and Trump were all shat upon more times than I care to count, but he has a point, you know, when not viewing shows and/or movies that take actual historical presidents into account like bush and trump, but instead give us a nameless one/unhistorical one, most of the time they are what he described, infallible paragons of freedom, democracy and altruism.
I dont think thats true, I mean alot of the popular films in the world today are in one small way or another a critism of guns, violence, or even the United States as a whole. I think it was a poor marketing department, even the film itself ends with a direct shot at not just the united states but other countries as well, In fact its my favorite part of the movie, showing that even if you stop someone like Yuri, the countries will keep them alive and well. WHILE PRIVATE GUNRUNNERS CONTINUE TO THRIVE, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ARMS SUPPLIERS ARE THE U.S., U.K., RUSSIA, FRANCE AND CHINA THEY ARE ALSO THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF TEH U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
I love the way they handle different subjects. Having a trophy wife that has no clue about what her husband does. His brother getting addicted to coke cause they gave him kilo (with the good shit) as payment. He just kind of disappears then they find him in some apartment building in South America.
Just saw the thumbnail on my subscriber list.... saw the title of the movie..... instant like. I see you're a man of good taste. (Culture is the other thing)
This film made a big impact when I saw it years ago. I've read a lot of books about the arms business and I felt this film accurately depicts the personalities and moral code of a lot of the participants in this very strange "business".
The opening scene to this movie instantly had me. Telling you how many guns exist as if it's a horrible fact and then turning around and say we need to arm everyone should be more iconic than it is
My favorite part about this movie is that the props dept. Found it cheaper to buy REAL AK's rather than prop AKs, then were able to sell them after wrap.
Whats funny is that the giant racks of guns they look at with his uncle are actually vz 58 not aks, somehow they were easier to buy than aks... but they got the tanks from a czech, so meaby they bought both from him.
I love this movie so much it’s a perfect mix of story telling, narration, action, heart and nic cages incredible acting I’ve watched it 5 times and it never gets old it should be recognized more
@@JC06NJ Hell yes. It´s so beautifully animated aswell. The spinning bullet punching through the childs head just takes the cake for my downright dark humor.
Best movie opening sequence of any movie, ever. GREAT movie! I have had it in my collection almost since it came out. I got money that says I've seen it more than 100 times. Best Cage movie ever. His character is played perfectly.
You pick such great movies for this series. This is another excellent choice. I loved this movie. I'm really hoping for a future "WTF happened to Nicholas Cage".
One of my favorite movies. When it came out, I set up a midnight screening for a few friends, in my home theater room, and we all loved it, as it helped us see past the wonky aspect ratio. My wife and I still pull it out of the rack, and sit and enjoy it a couple times a year. Same with Con Air, The Rock, Ghost Rider, and one.of his early films, Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Two good ones, many have never seen with Cage in them are Kiss of Death, and Raising Arizona. May just be who I hang out with, but I have yet to find anyone who didn't enjoy Lord.of War.
Lord of War's opening sequence is so goddamn good it rivals openings like Jurassic Park, The Hustler, and The Dark Knight. Few movies grab you by the balls right from the get go like Lord of War does. The fact they had Cage do a running monotone narrative during the movie gives it this melancholic quality that contrasts the horrific violence making the movie seem both reverent and irreverent at once. It's like he thought he cared, but realized he doesn't.
The comment section proves otherwise. I have absolutely no idea what you talking about since this movie has one of the most memorable scenes out there...
I remember reading Ethan Hawke saying that! I think about that from time to time and it's great to see you talk about it here! I thought I had read that as an interview in an old issue of Rolling Stone, but regardless, it's was cool how honest Ethan was about it. No sugar coating, so we truly believe one of the best actors ever was impressed by Cage, who himself is another of the best. Glad you talked about this movie!! Hell, the first trailer I seen had me thinking Cage would be some type of superhero/villain, and when I first watched it I was waiting for the big reveal only to realize I had the wrong idea of what the movie was even about lol.
"A bullet from a 12 year old is just as effective as one from a 40 year old." i own the steelbook (The good cover art btw) release dvd when it was released i still love this movie to this day. in fact, this movie is actually in my top 3, together with saving private ryan and reservoir dogs.
Great pull, I came across this randomly online a few years ago and loved it. Cage actually feels understated for parts of it due to the melodramatic intensity of arms dealing. He'll never not be a big presence though so having a role that is inherently weighty is perfect for him. It really helped to sell how evil his character was.
I had no idea this was the same director of Gattaca. I end up watching Lord of War about once a year, it just doesn't get boring to me. Yuri's justification "because I'm good at it" is so simple and effective. Totally agree about Joe. If you like Nic Cage it's a must watch. It's an underrated film based on a book from an underrated author. A gem within a gem.
I've been "promoting" this video among others among my friends for years. There are some more underrated movies e.g.: - Wag the Dog - In Bruges - Thank you for Smoking
And the US government does it best. And i think the US public knows that. Hence at the theatres, didn't want to be reminded of the US's 'greatness' and 'number one' status.
The entire movie is based on a real actuall arms dealer. The real guy is still out there too, got arrested a few times since, but he keeps poppin up a few years later under obscure news sources stating hes arrested again, then repeat.
@@evanroberts2771 Israel does it best. They sell to the enemies of the U.S. after the U.S gives them weapons. Then they just bribed politicians to say Israel is America's greatest ally. They've stolen nuclear triggers from the U.S through Arnon Milchan and got busted spying on the US last year
Jared leto and ethan hawk almost ruined an incredible production... They should not have been in the movie. It was one of the best movies that I have seen in the 2000's
Bought the DVD when it was released, and absolutely loved it, despite not being as action heavy as I'd initially expected it to be.... An underrated classic that is highly worthy of a rewatch every-so-often.
I hate to make it dark but I love this movie it’s the last movie I watched with my dad. He died of a heart attack 4 days later. Told him I wanted to go out, but he talked me into watching it. Every day I will thank myself for that, so this movie will always have a place in my heart.
Good on JoBlo for showing up for all these forgotten classics that I don't personally have time to shout on the rooftops about. Stay with the good shit!
You're quite right. In my country movie is widely known and to this day popular. I watched it many years ago in high school and fell in love with Cage's character portrait.
I saw this opening weekend with my girlfriend at the time and a buddy, I was the only one who wanted to see it and the only one who liked it. Great movie. Superbly made. Cage's bad work overshadows his great work more than it should. Lord of War is excellent.
I just watched this after never having heard of it before and seeing Brandon Herrera’s review of it. It’s not a comfortable movie to watch by any means, but that’s what makes it so good.
So good on multiple levels. Consider with all the hiccups how many astounding pieces of work he has still done. And 'Joe' is a powerhouse. That much power in such a great and small story. I doubt it would have worked at all with another actor, maybe two.
I loved this movie. I just watched it again for about the 10th time. It's on Amazon prime. The movie "Mom & Dad" was filmed close to where I live. It was cool seeing local places in the movie.
This movie was my first blu ray purchase. I had purchased a computer that had a blu ray player in it, and at the time i didnt see what the hype was about. I was committed to my dvds and another format seemed unnecessary to me, and boy was i wrong. I saw this movie at walmart i believe, as one of the cheapest blu rays i could find at the time, around $15. Not only was i surprised how much nicer HD looked over dvd, but i was pleasantly surprised by the movie since id never seen it prior. I remember enjoying the weatherman, among other nic cage movies, and i felt there was plenty good about this film to rewatch many times over the years. Glad you praised it as i have, easy recommend to make.
Everytime you think Nic Cage has hit rock bottom with his project choices he has already made two masterpieces to make that up.
Bad Lieutenant with him probably one of my favorite movies.
TFW someone unironically declares arms merchants to be worse than the pedos who made the movie about arms merchants. Derp.
Color out of Space really demonstrates his point.
@dustisdeadbodies85 I'd be willing to bet far fewer have been on Epstiens plane.
@@theshocker4626 This isn't a dick measuring contest. They are both terrible.
Must say that The opening "Life of a bullet" sequence, the plane dismantling timelpase, and the dialogue at the end of the movie, are amongst one of the most memorable scenes in movies ive ever saw.
I’ll honestly never forget the life of a bullet sequence
Easily my favorite opening cinematic in movie history
Lord of War is a masterpiece of Cinema. The intro sequence is perfect, the ending is flawless, everything about this movie is Oscar worthy. It's a crime it did so poorly in the US.
Its because it exposes US corruption, the medias don't like that
Says more about the US plebian than the movie, that's for sure.
Maybe because the US can't relate to the movie, hence, ending poorly in the US.
Because it criticises war and the industrial machinery of weapons. A huge business in the US and it's allies.
I know the opening monologue by heart: "There are over 550 million firearms in world-wide circulation. That is one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other eleven?"
"The Best Movie You Never Saw"
Me, having seen it 220 times: *hmmmm yessss*
P.S: That plane disassembling scene with A.R Rahman's music. Perfection.
Look around, people disappear around here all the time.
BULLETS! GUNS! GRENADES! HOORAAY!!
Me too 🤣
Me too, this movie is my top 10 since release.
3 times in cinema and countless times at home, the soundtrack is also amazing
"You never saw"
Obviously you underestimate how little a social life most of us have. I have seen literately EVERY movie you say "you never saw".
I've seen all movies he tags as "You never saw"
Sex drive? Trolls 2? Infection? Infestation? Jericho the tv show, firefly?
I would need a list if possible
Same
Made u click tho didnt it hahaha
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I lost count how many times I rewatched it.
If this is one of your favorite movies. That’s just sad
I love this film
I have the dvd
@@MrShanester117 why?
Haha another movie that I've totally seen. But yes this is definitely overlooked. Amazing flick, and whenever I'm talking to movie peeps nobody seems to know this movie.
But is it "kind of a classic gangster movie"? I really do not like gangster movies, don't know why
I remember seeing this movie sometime in the mid 1990s. I've watched it about a dozen times since then and have it on Blu Ray
@@simonkevnorris this movie came out in 2005 soooooooooo no lol
@@ericfaria7276 Ooops - getting old.
I saw this movie when it came out. It reminded me of Viktor But’s life.
Man this movie is underrated. Best Nicolas Cage perfomance
The interrogation scene is one of the best scenes in movie history. Both Cage and Hawke act perfectly and is just move gold. The shift in who has power is subtle and so effective when Cage explains what's going to happen to get him released. I can watch this scene over and over - it never gets boring.
What I really like about this movie is the cynical ending.Usually,in these types of movies,in the end our "hero" loses everything,goes to jail etc. or has a change of heart whatever....
Not here.
*SPOILERS*
In the end,Yuri gets arrested after his wife rats him out on the feds.But it´s all good,because he calls up his connections at the Pentagon,for which he does the dirty work supplying the weapons to various "friendly freedom fighters" *wink* and they bail him out.In the last scene,we see him somewhere in N.Africa running weapons eh.. I mean "umbrellas".
War is my business and business is booming.
Like Yuri says,by breaking the 4th wall in the end: "governments need people like me,who can do the dirty work for them."
They don't need people like that, they just want them, because $$$.
@@PistonAvatarGuy No, they actually NEED guys like him. Don't like the regime in charge of a country? You could declare war on them directly and accept all of the political consequences of that action...or you could just supply guns to their enemies and hope they take them out for you. Obviously, option 2 is the way to go; but if you're going to so much trouble to keep your name out of the papers you can't very well be caught supplying the insurgency directly now can you? Enter arms dealers. It's like money laundering but for war....war laundering.
@dustisdeadbodies85 Because of greed, not because that's how it needs to function.
@@connman8d617 You: "Don't like your neighbor? Just hire a hit man, problem solved!"
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People like you should be in jail.
@@PistonAvatarGuy That's literally how politics and espionage work... Don't hate the player, hate the game.
This is honestly one of my favorite movies. Doesn’t take itself too seriously, has good messages, Cage is able to do his thing.
I cant even remember how many times I watched this movie. Its nostalgic for me now. I watched the commentary on it and was pretty surprised to find out that in the scene when Yuri and his uncle are in one of the armory storage units, the director said that all those guns in that shot were real AK-47's, because it was cheaper to buy the real rifles than the prop rifles. I also didn't know that the kid working on the helicopter was Nic's real son until I watched that commentary.
"Why did you do that!? How am I supposed to sell a used gun😎"
"Used gun?!" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
"You are lord of war"
"That's 'war-lord'."
"Thank you, but I like it better my way."
Lord of War is a gem of a flick. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and today is the first day I'm learning that it was a domestic box office failure. I loved the movie so much I always just kinda assumed it had done well. I love the way you described it as a gangster movie because that's the most apt description. While watching it, you feel the same way you felt watching Scarface or, later, American Gangster. I also think it's probably Jared Leto's best performance on record. He steals the show in my opinion.
The intro was insane to this movie, can't ever forget it. You should review "Way of the Gun", another insane movie no one ever saw.
Way of the Gun is absolutely incredible!! "The only thing you can know about an old bagman, is he is a survivor"! Bad ass film! Great cast as well!
Just watched this last night, it was incredible. I don’t understand how this is so unknown
" I like it better my way" is a quote I still frequent.
I remember in like 2006 I would watch this movie on repeat on RUclips back when you could find full movies
Jokes on you I’ve seen this movie plenty of times and it’s always a great movie.
This comes on TV atleast once a year in Finland.
“The problem with arms dealers going to war is...there’s never a shortage of bullets.”
-Lord of War
This film and "Thank you for smoking" are my all time fav's.
I've seen dozens of times. it's one of Cage's best film.
I accidentally discovered this movie on PB and loved it so much I bought it. Such a good movie.
The "trip" sequence after Yuri does brown-brown is one of the best sequence in cinematic history, imo.
Unfortunately this movie was grossly underappreciated by the american critics and I think that it may be. Why? Well I might because the fact that the ultimate villain in the movie was not a Yuri Orlov, not the arms dealers, but the US president, which is in Hollywood cinematography a literal blasphemy! Just think about it? What is the last Hollywood blockbuster that you saw and that portrays a US president as anything less then almost perfectly honourable hero, not to say even saint? In Hollywood there is a great tradition of making a story (or propaganda?) of US president as a valiant man who, whatever the party he may be in, is always ready to sacrifice himself for the others, no matter who they were. He often saves the day (or planet), is an leader of "free world", fighting against the tyrants of the Earth (or galaxy) and is almost or even completely without any seeable sins. But NOT in this movie! Here US president is someone who funds and equips the terrorists, who breaks the law to release world wide infamous illegal arms dealers, a man who is responsible for the deaths of millions! And Orlov clearly points out at the end of movie that whatever he did, that everything evil that he done through the movie, the US president and the system are doing on like a hundred times larger scale! Yuri even says that the US president is actually selling so much weapons and ammunition in a day that he couldn't sell that amount in a year! The US president, in this movie, is basically the worst of the worst kind of people! And that might be the reason why it failed with the critics in US and why wasn't even represented in an Oscar awards.
The movie, in my opinion and more importantly, is also about gun and war culture criticism created by the United States over the Last 50-60 years. It's not false to say that most conflicts in our modern history were one way or another fueled by the United States. In cinema, most movies portrait the USA as the good guy, the one that has the decisive role, the leader of the world country and wins pretty much every fight. So when you do a movie that shows flaws on high standart patriotism country where guns and the military are inherited in their way of life, It isn't going to do okay. Also, I don't know why but It seems like in that country admitting to wrong doing is a sign of weakness, a taboo conversation and all that matters is being at the top.
@@TheGDiaX I totally agree with you. You know one thing is interesting to me. It's that, although I live in Serbia, which until recently was the country with the second biggest guns per capita ratio (the first is US of course), here there was never a developed gun loving culture, like in the US. As for wars, I totally agree on that US and it's allies/puppets started or fueled most of the conflicts since the WW2. It somehow is strange that always those that start or fuel the most wars in history are also the least ready to accept the guilty for doing that. The movie strikes right there where it hurts for such country and, of course, the people and critics rejected it. Being at the top, as you say, is another strange thing. I personally never understood why would someone be proud to have a massive empire? I mean, they know that it was built on wars of conquest, they know that it is commiting war crimes (not to use the word genocide) and that people in your colonies are oppressed, but they are still proud of it and proud of being at the top?! Truly, as you said, I don't understand such logic.
In Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle the US president is depicted as a bad person. When the switch happened and you suddenly see what the president was actually doing I remember laughing my ass off in the theatre, and being the absolute only person in the theatre laughing. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I can see what you mean about that not landing well with American audiences.
It's too bad. It's an aspect of our citizenry that is poorly explored.
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman tbh, the republican party is always free game in hollywood. Bush and Trump were all shat upon more times than I care to count, but he has a point, you know, when not viewing shows and/or movies that take actual historical presidents into account like bush and trump, but instead give us a nameless one/unhistorical one, most of the time they are what he described, infallible paragons of freedom, democracy and altruism.
I dont think thats true, I mean alot of the popular films in the world today are in one small way or another a critism of guns, violence, or even the United States as a whole. I think it was a poor marketing department, even the film itself ends with a direct shot at not just the united states but other countries as well, In fact its my favorite part of the movie, showing that even if you stop someone like Yuri, the countries will keep them alive and well.
WHILE PRIVATE GUNRUNNERS CONTINUE TO THRIVE, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST
ARMS SUPPLIERS ARE THE U.S., U.K., RUSSIA, FRANCE AND CHINA
THEY ARE ALSO THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF TEH U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
This movie introduced me to Buffalo Springfield and I will always love it for that
Told loads of people to watch this for years, written perfectly for nick cage, it has a great cast and always interesting
I enjoyed the movie immensely and it ranks as one of my favourites. The opening title sequence was really revolutionary at the time.
I love the way they handle different subjects. Having a trophy wife that has no clue about what her husband does. His brother getting addicted to coke cause they gave him kilo (with the good shit) as payment. He just kind of disappears then they find him in some apartment building in South America.
Just saw the thumbnail on my subscriber list.... saw the title of the movie..... instant like.
I see you're a man of good taste. (Culture is the other thing)
This film made a big impact when I saw it years ago. I've read a lot of books about the arms business and I felt this film accurately depicts the personalities and moral code of a lot of the participants in this very strange "business".
Here’s a best movie you never saw.....The Negotiator
I love it.
Agreed.
One of the best! Samuel L Jackson & Kevin Spacey killing it. Even Paul Giamatti,is great in that one.
check out "Arlington Road" starring Tim Robbins, and Jeff Bridges
@@evanjohnson1299 Great movie! Loved the whole build up and climax. Tim Robbins,is just scary in this one.
The opening scene to this movie instantly had me. Telling you how many guns exist as if it's a horrible fact and then turning around and say we need to arm everyone should be more iconic than it is
It's honestly one of my favourite movies of all time. Love everything about it.
One of my all time favorites. That opening sequence had BALLS!
My favorite part about this movie is that the props dept. Found it cheaper to buy REAL AK's rather than prop AKs, then were able to sell them after wrap.
I love it. And, for the most part, the arms were actually accurate to the time with a few notable exceptions.
Whats funny is that the giant racks of guns they look at with his uncle are actually vz 58 not aks, somehow they were easier to buy than aks... but they got the tanks from a czech, so meaby they bought both from him.
I love this movie so much it’s a perfect mix of story telling, narration, action, heart and nic cages incredible acting I’ve watched it 5 times and it never gets old it should be recognized more
This movie has the best opening of a movie ever! And is a damn good movie in it self!!
Lord of War is one of my all time favorite movies, I can probably quote the whole movie line by line. It is a great film.
the movie intro is so god damn iconic.
Like holy hell it´s literally the first thing that comes to my mind when i think about africa.
I actually downloaded a gif of that scene
Arguably the best introduction ever that explains the broad story so well and so creatively
@@JC06NJ Hell yes.
It´s so beautifully animated aswell. The spinning bullet punching through the childs head just takes the cake for my downright dark humor.
Best movie opening sequence of any movie, ever.
GREAT movie! I have had it in my collection almost since it came out.
I got money that says I've seen it more than 100 times.
Best Cage movie ever. His character is played perfectly.
One of best parts of moive is when his uncles add say you buy one tank we though anthoer one in for free
The opening scene for this movie is one of my favorites. I think about it at least a few times a year. What a great, memorable concept.
You pick such great movies for this series. This is another excellent choice. I loved this movie. I'm really hoping for a future "WTF happened to Nicholas Cage".
Honestly a classic I could rewatch this over and over.
I really liked this one. Not really a war film but an interesting look at Wars ancillary industries. Great cast.
One of my favorite movies. When it came out, I set up a midnight screening for a few friends, in my home theater room, and we all loved it, as it helped us see past the wonky aspect ratio. My wife and I still pull it out of the rack, and sit and enjoy it a couple times a year. Same with Con Air, The Rock, Ghost Rider, and one.of his early films, Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
Two good ones, many have never seen with Cage in them are Kiss of Death, and Raising Arizona.
May just be who I hang out with, but I have yet to find anyone who didn't enjoy Lord.of War.
Easily one of my favorite movies ever.
Lord of War's opening sequence is so goddamn good it rivals openings like Jurassic Park, The Hustler, and The Dark Knight. Few movies grab you by the balls right from the get go like Lord of War does. The fact they had Cage do a running monotone narrative during the movie gives it this melancholic quality that contrasts the horrific violence making the movie seem both reverent and irreverent at once. It's like he thought he cared, but realized he doesn't.
The comment section proves otherwise.
I have absolutely no idea what you talking about since this movie has one of the most memorable scenes out there...
I remember reading Ethan Hawke saying that! I think about that from time to time and it's great to see you talk about it here! I thought I had read that as an interview in an old issue of Rolling Stone, but regardless, it's was cool how honest Ethan was about it. No sugar coating, so we truly believe one of the best actors ever was impressed by Cage, who himself is another of the best. Glad you talked about this movie!! Hell, the first trailer I seen had me thinking Cage would be some type of superhero/villain, and when I first watched it I was waiting for the big reveal only to realize I had the wrong idea of what the movie was even about lol.
"A bullet from a 12 year old is just as effective as one from a 40 year old."
i own the steelbook (The good cover art btw) release dvd when it was released i still love this movie to this day.
in fact, this movie is actually in my top 3, together with saving private ryan and reservoir dogs.
Great pull, I came across this randomly online a few years ago and loved it. Cage actually feels understated for parts of it due to the melodramatic intensity of arms dealing. He'll never not be a big presence though so having a role that is inherently weighty is perfect for him. It really helped to sell how evil his character was.
i see this movie everytime ai catch it in tv, its hypnotic. loved it.
Ive been plugging this movie for years now & youre highkey right, nobody has saw this for some reason
I literally JUST watched it yesterday. ...probably for the 10th time.
I've seen it, and I'm no fan of Cage but I have to agree, it's one of the most chillingly authentic, underrated movies I've ever seen.
This movie is one the bests ever.
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I had no idea this was the same director of Gattaca. I end up watching Lord of War about once a year, it just doesn't get boring to me. Yuri's justification "because I'm good at it" is so simple and effective.
Totally agree about Joe. If you like Nic Cage it's a must watch. It's an underrated film based on a book from an underrated author. A gem within a gem.
4:13 Fans of "Lord of War" would also probably love "Jormungand" for this exact same reason.
I've been "promoting" this video among others among my friends for years. There are some more underrated movies e.g.:
- Wag the Dog
- In Bruges
- Thank you for Smoking
I remember being at the theatre and laughing extremely loud during the plane dismantling scene
Brilliant movie. The opening part with the bullet and his opening line is genious.
Cages character does nothing more than what governments do on a much smaller scale.
And the US government does it best. And i think the US public knows that. Hence at the theatres, didn't want to be reminded of the US's 'greatness' and 'number one' status.
The entire movie is based on a real actuall arms dealer. The real guy is still out there too, got arrested a few times since, but he keeps poppin up a few years later under obscure news sources stating hes arrested again, then repeat.
@@evanroberts2771 Israel does it best. They sell to the enemies of the U.S. after the U.S gives them weapons. Then they just bribed politicians to say Israel is America's greatest ally. They've stolen nuclear triggers from the U.S through Arnon Milchan and got busted spying on the US last year
@@pingun96 Also on the exploits of general Oliver North who sold Iranian airforce multiple spare parts during Iran Iraq war
That's literally the point of the film
Finally get to hear the WHOLE SONG for once at the end
Jared leto and ethan hawk almost ruined an incredible production... They should not have been in the movie. It was one of the best movies that I have seen in the 2000's
YURI Budyacov jerod lentos “acting” was pathetic in this movie and his accent was insulting at best
Bought the DVD when it was released, and absolutely loved it, despite not being as action heavy as I'd initially expected it to be.... An underrated classic that is highly worthy of a rewatch every-so-often.
the satisfying moment i can say i did see that one
I hate to make it dark but I love this movie it’s the last movie I watched with my dad. He died of a heart attack 4 days later. Told him I wanted to go out, but he talked me into watching it. Every day I will thank myself for that, so this movie will always have a place in my heart.
I feel exactly the same. I loved Lord of War and I was so confused when I heard the flak it caught.
Never overlooked by me. Watched it countless times and highly reccommend it. One of my all time favourites.
When I'm ever asked why I moved to Arizona my answer is Raising Arizona. ;-)
Lord of war was so good but I’m sad it had no sequel
Hmmm....
Waka Waka eh eh
Oh, I've seen it. Even got the soundtrack.
nick cage looks like one of my favorite uncles, so maybe thats why i've always liked him as an actor
Nicolas Cage is truly one of the greatest actors of our time.
Loved this movie. The opening shot where the camera follows the bullet being created then shot was pretty badass.
Great movie! Love it! "You mean Warlord" Yes, but I like my way better.
This movie and 'Thank you for smoking' are two of the best underappreciated movie out of the mid 2000's...
Every Nic Cage movies are best movie on earth.
Your goddamn right
Good on JoBlo for showing up for all these forgotten classics that I don't personally have time to shout on the rooftops about. Stay with the good shit!
Saw it and loved it! They even got the designation of the Antonov An-12 Cub correct!
Thanks for reminding me about this.. And guess what I've just found my copy on dvd in the loft looks like I'll be watching this soon..
Wow one the great films I was actually featured on thanks for reminding me where I come from I need to watch that credit role
nice video man! greetings from italy :)
when they leave him handcoffed at the road and then fast speed forward when they demantle the plain wasse such a great scene.
You're quite right. In my country movie is widely known and to this day popular. I watched it many years ago in high school and fell in love with Cage's character portrait.
I loved how he would correct a blood thirsty warlord with no qualms. "It's not lord of war its warlord." "Thank you, but I prefer it my way."
This movie is tied with The Hurt Locker as my favorite film of all time.
I saw this opening weekend with my girlfriend at the time and a buddy, I was the only one who wanted to see it and the only one who liked it. Great movie. Superbly made. Cage's bad work overshadows his great work more than it should. Lord of War is excellent.
Love your videos man, keep them coming !!
There is a certain point in some actors careers where no matter what, they will always be remembered as great !
And deservedly so.
I just watched this after never having heard of it before and seeing Brandon Herrera’s review of it. It’s not a comfortable movie to watch by any means, but that’s what makes it so good.
So good on multiple levels. Consider with all the hiccups how many astounding pieces of work he has still done. And 'Joe' is a powerhouse. That much power in such a great and small story. I doubt it would have worked at all with another actor, maybe two.
I loved this movie. I just watched it again for about the 10th time. It's on Amazon prime. The movie "Mom & Dad" was filmed close to where I live. It was cool seeing local places in the movie.
agreed...loved this movie...stumbled upon it on netflix and was blown away
This movie was my first blu ray purchase. I had purchased a computer that had a blu ray player in it, and at the time i didnt see what the hype was about. I was committed to my dvds and another format seemed unnecessary to me, and boy was i wrong. I saw this movie at walmart i believe, as one of the cheapest blu rays i could find at the time, around $15. Not only was i surprised how much nicer HD looked over dvd, but i was pleasantly surprised by the movie since id never seen it prior. I remember enjoying the weatherman, among other nic cage movies, and i felt there was plenty good about this film to rewatch many times over the years. Glad you praised it as i have, easy recommend to make.
Nic's police interrogation speech at the end is one of his best scenes ever
I watch this movie almost weekly. One of my favorites.