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Starring Nicholas Cage (Yuri Orlov) and Bridget Moynahan (Ava Fontaine). This movie is about the son of Ukarainian immigrants that goes on to become one of the successful and largest arms dealers in the world. He sells anything from rifles to attack helicopters to 3rd world dictators and the lesser. If there is no war than he goes out of business. Meanwhile an Interpol agent is hot on his trail looking to bust him down to nothing but will he succeed? Fellow businessmen within the U.S. government might be of assistance to Yuri. Overall this is a GREAT movie and would recommend it to anyone that likes political action movies with a sense of subtle comedy. The issues portrayed in this film are dead serious but they knew how to time a few laughs here and there. Cages smug comedy in this his narrative is the perfect addition to take the rawness out this film.

* According to Andrew Niccol, the filmmakers worked with actual gunrunners in the making of the film. The tanks lined up for sale were owned by a gunrunner who had to have them back to sell to another country. They used a real stockpile of over 3,000 AK-47s because it was cheaper than getting prop guns. The gunrunners were more cooperative and efficient than the studio or the crew.

* This film is based on actual events.

* Yuri Orlov is a composite of five real arms dealers.

* No US studios would back the film. Foreign finances were secure instead.

* The tanks seen in the movie were real and belonged to a Czech arms-dealer.

* Before shooting the scene where tanks were lined up for sale, the filmmaker had to warn NATO, lest they think a real war was being started when they see satellite images of the set.

The 2-disc Special Edition DVD is scheduled to be released on Jan. 17th in the U.S.

LORD OF WAR WEBSITE

See it!