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Release Date: September 16th, 2005

Running Time: 2 hrs. 2 min.

U.S. Box Office: $24,127,895

Rating: R for strong violence, drug use, language, sexuality.

Director: Andrew Niccol

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm, Eamonn Walker

Critics Reviews: 6 out of 10

Chicago-Sun Times Yuri Orlov argues that his products kill fewer people than tobacco and alcohol. He has a point, but it's more fun and takes longer to die that way. There are few pleasures to be had from an AK-47 bullet to the brain, and no time to enjoy them. Yuri is an international arms dealer who has "done business with every army but the Salvation Army." Roger Ebert

The Boston Globe It's one of the most visually arresting and morally loaded opening sequences I've ever seen, and the surprise is that it's in a Nicolas Cage movie. The star plays Yuri Orlov, a Brooklyn-bred immigrant's son who rises to the top of the illegal arms trade during the 1980s and '90s. We're meant to take Yuri as a likable Satan, a businessman. Ty Bur

GuideLive The riveting Lord of War takes a tragicomic, sometimes even satirical look at the bloody arena of arms dealership. Inevitable targets also include moral irresponsibility and the ruthless pursuit of the American Dream. Director and screenwriter Andrew Niccol does not hesitate to point fingers, and his chutzpah is noteworthy in an era of play-it-safe filmmaking. Philip Wuntch

Seattle Times As message films go, "Lord of War" is as blunt as they come.From an opening salvo in which we follow the path of a bullet from its factory origins to a final destination piercing the forehead of an African soldier — all set against Buffalo Springfield's classic anti-violence song "For What It's Worth" — the film registers zero on the subtlety meter. Tom Keogh

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