This is business

Gregorio 2021-10-20 17:22:47

What is selling weapons? It's a business. From the beginning Yuri calmly said that he was considering how to sell weapons to 11 other people who did not have weapons. In the end, it was not a common evil and retribution. Yuri continued to sell his weapons. Although we hope to stop all killings, peace is not the tone of this movie.

If it's a business, do business as business. Demand analysis, bribery opens up all joints, takes advantage of existing legal loopholes, faces competitors, and at the same time abides by principles not to kill competitors or participate in wars of any party, and not to take "work" home. Yuri said, I am good at this, yes, he sees this as the same as opening a restaurant to make money, adventurous and exciting.

Until his wife said a sentence: I don't care if it's legal. It's wrong. (I like this sentence very much) Yuri started to do legitimate business, but he did not repent. Even if the younger brother was shot to death indiscriminately, the transaction is still going on, and business is even higher than life. This is the principle of business.

Finally Yuri said to the camera: Never join the war, especially don't join the war yourself. Does this remind people of the development history of the United States?

There are many places in the film that are uncomfortable to watch, especially the part of Africa. Hunger, AIDS, Scouts, dictators, these elements are naturally integrated into the film at the right time, and it also allows us to think about the environment in which Africa is located in today's world.

It is the first time I have seen a lot of gangs' rush, reflecting the subject matter of arms dealers.

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Extended Reading
  • Monte 2022-03-24 09:01:20

    Whether it is shooting technique, script, narrative ability, and actor performance, there are many outstanding works. The long shot of "a bullet" in the opening is both cool and straightforward. The self-narration lines of Cage's narration throughout the film are full of wisdom and philosophies, which makes people have the urge to look back again just to write down these quotations; The several "cat and mouse games" played by the international police, played by Zhong Yuri and Uncle Ethan Hawke, are extremely brilliant.

  • Janiya 2021-10-20 19:02:22

    One out of every twelve people in the world is doing push-ups, and our task is to make the remaining eleven people also do push-ups.

Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.

  • Yuri Orlov: [in an interrogation room] The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year - sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil.