"The King of War": Dirty things under the slogan "World Peace"

Gabe 2022-03-21 09:01:19

Based on real events, I don’t know whether it’s based on a person or a country’s events. In short, this is a bold breakthrough film that has the courage to expose the facts of a country. Even in the film's budget of up to 42 million US dollars, none of the money comes from the United States. All of it comes from abroad. It really means that there is no silver three hundred taels here. Because this film is about the fact that an American sells arms around the world, even the archetype of the warlord in the film is well documented. It is Charles Taylor, the former leader of Libya. It can be seen that the people of Libya, who are currently in dire straits, have been destined for so many years.

"Peace is the biggest risk for arms dealers." Yes, a country started by making war money is the most difficult problem when facing world peace. Then they will try their best to create wars, but they can't let the other party die, which rises to technicality. The arms stolen from the Soviet Union are then sold back to them, the weapons are distributed to the African people for free, and the arms are sold to friends’ enemies or to the enemy’s enemies. These are all required courses for arms dealers. Then we understand the fundamental purpose behind the arms sales to Taiwan, the military exercises in Japan and South Korea, and the South China Sea disputes. Because we don’t have any money to make money if we don’t fight, this also touches on the fundamental interests of the country. So our Things will also become other people's things, things are so simple.

If the characters played by Nicholas Cage are the epitome of American arms dealers, then his wife and children are the representatives of the people. In a scene of intense debate between the two, the "popular" clearly expressed a most human line, "Regardless of whether it is legal or not, it is wrong." But arms dealers are still eloquently arguing for themselves: "Selling guns did not force anyone to shoot, nor did anyone force people to buy weapons." The most shameless sentence is: "According to experience, I can't stop it once", which means that even if I don't sell their weapons, they will kill each other. It's like a pair of men and women who often quarrel, you sell one of them a knife, and a tragedy happened, and then it is as shameless as to say this.

The most amazing thing is that the male protagonist also followed with a little brother who was half pushing and half pushing. Needless to say, everyone knows. Read the news and you will know which country is the eldest brother and which country is the younger brother. In the end, he sacrificed his brother to become the eldest brother. This is the eldest brother. The root cause of pulling the little brother, because when he is finally judged, he will always need to replace the dead ghost. If you are a person, you may still have scruples about such various crimes, but when your boss is the United States, the world's largest arms dealer, all scruples may be unnecessary. Because the interests of the country are paramount, even though such interests are exchanged for the blood of others.

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Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: [Offering Sierra Leonean natives free guns, rocket launchers and ammunition] help yourselves no charge everything goes free, don't forget the bullets you can't shoot a gun without bullets EVERYTHING GOES FOR FREE

  • Mbizi: [to Jack Valentine, holding a machete to Yuri's neck, while restraining his arms] Can we make him disappear? Around here people disappear all the time

    Jack Valentine: No, don't do it

    Mbizi: Look where we are, who will know?

    Jack Valentine: We will, his going to get what's coming to him

    Jack Valentine: [to Yuri] what are you doing in Sierra Leone?

    Yuri Orlov: [lying] I'm on safari

    Jack Valentine: [amused] Oh really? You're hunting wildebeest with a Submachine gun?

    Yuri Orlov: You also work with the park service? Hunting without a license? Is that the charge?

    Jack Valentine: Why are we playing games? You traffic arms

    Yuri Orlov: [protesting his innocence] Trade

    Jack Valentine: Trade, traffic you get rich by giving the poorest people on the planet the means to killing each other