Movie Info
Genre :
Action, Drama, ThrillerRelease Date :
September 16, 2005MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Andrew NiccolStarring :
Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm, Sammi Rotibi, Steve J. Termath, Nalu Tripician, Patrick Walton Jr.
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..works unusually well...”
by Ty Bur [Boston Globe]
“..this fast-paced and undeniably intelligent film still qualifies as a disappointment...”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
“..smart, taut, thrilling and darkly funny...”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
“..over-narrated and under-dramatized..”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
“..one of the year's best movies..”
by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal]
“..is little more than an ammunition-littered variation on Blow..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
“..is intelligently crafted from beginning to end..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..gripping and unforgettable..”
by Piet Levy [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
“..gradually sinks under the weight of its own sense of mission..”
by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
“..For a movie dealing with so much explosive firepower, "Lord of War" is a damp squib...”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..exceedingly well-crafted film..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
“..buoyed by an impressive and convincing performance by Nicolas Cage..”
by Shawn Dwyer [Hollywood]
“..a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence..”
by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
“..A remarkable, audacious, near-flawless piece of filmmaking..”
by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault]
“..a movie completely unafraid to ask tough questions and not expect easy answers...”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
“..a complex, funny, intriguing film that carries an essential message...”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
Reviewed by Tim Grierson [L.A. Weekly]
Reader's Reviews
very good
posted by mimo2000 on Jan 15, 2009