Last year's "new film"-Lord of war, following the reputation of Nicolas Cage, I finished watching it on a weekend in the early spring of 2006.
I originally thought that this would be an ordinary war-themed film, but I didn’t expect it would give me so much surprise--maybe because Hollywood’s "low-level sensory stimulation" movies have been watched too much, which has a slight black humor. Movies that have risen to a certain height again, have a kind of freshness!
Many film critics in China have positioned it as a "anti-terrorism film." I don’t know where this movie is against terrorism...In my opinion, this movie is more about advertised itself as "Interpol" to the U.S. government, but the essence is behind the scenes, based on "political interests". One’s mission is to make irony and reflection on the world’s largest and most dirty arms deal. As several major global trades that go hand in hand with drugs, international arms trafficking has always been a highly profitable and high-risk industry.
In it, Cage is just an intermediate coordinator of political struggles on a global scale, as the film said at the end-this story is adapted from real events. There are as many arms smugglers as Cage around the world with government support behind them.
Throughout the movie, I saw the familiar Andrew Niccol style, just like his quick thinking and three-pointer portrayal in the Truman Show, which is dizzying, and the nerves are always in the pursuit of the film itself and its extended connotation. This tension-filled technique actually creates an endless aftertaste.
Law and morality, a pair of systems that are often contradictory, are well highlighted in the film.
Another point is that after watching the film, the great feeling of hell and heaven is really a step away.
btw: This movie will definitely not be released in China, because it made too many ridicules on the communist countries.
PS: Several intriguing language
1. The first time selling a gun feels like the first time having sex. , You don’t even know what you are doing. Although it is very exciting, it is over soon.
2. I sold the Uzi submachine gun (made in Israel) to Muslims, and I sold the bullets made by communism to fascism.
3. The last sentence is especially recommended: While private gunrunness continue to thrive. The world's biggest arms suppliers are the US, UK, Russia, France and China. They are also the five permanent members of the UN security council……
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