I don't kill Boren, Boren died because of me

Hassie 2022-04-21 09:01:21

I suddenly found this film and watched it again~~ Before the release of W~~ there is no reason, it seems that I suddenly miss the so-called "American" independent director's film. Come on ~~
NICOLAS's acting skills are great~~, the humor and approachability of the innocent "little businessman" in disguise can even confuse
moviegoers~~ NICOLAS shows the cruelty behind Yuri's kind of helpless, oily and amiable mask Indifference plays Yuri perfectly
. He is not a hero or even a hero. What he wants to tell everyone is that he is just a small businessman who is just a small businessman, carrying a briefcase and wearing a coat to shuttle between battlefields The little salesman who enthusiastically introduced~~ His products can meet customer requirements just like Coca-Cola vacuum cleaners~~
"He just sells weapons, even if he doesn't sell them, there are others who sell them. Killing is human nature. Small arms dealers can't do anything", this is very Yuri's undefeated argument, after watching the movie, everyone seems to say~~~
"I don't kill people, I just provide weapons, so I Still a good man, a good father, a good husband, a good son, and even a good citizen"
Why did the younger brother sacrifice his own life for a doomed massacre and let the older brother lose half of his blood diamonds in vain? The wife who is in the wind and the rain is going to betray her husband, why is it that an old man who has lost a child is so cruel that the only surviving son is dead~~
Maybe everyone does not have such a big ambition to save world peace, There is also no such great ability to stop the ebb and flow of world wars.
It is even possible that we ignorant commoners may be the beneficiaries of a certain war or an arms deal~~
However, when there is a chance (even if it is only 24 hours, even if it is just one life), a massacre can be stopped, and when there is a chance to shout "STOP" "When
"the silence of justice is the victory of evil" or it can be said that the justice of silence is the accomplice of evil~~


From the beginning to the end of the whole film, Yu Rui is a little self-deprecating, humorous, and helpless in plain words. No matter how bloody the picture is, it can be lightly carried over by the next moment's funny plot or lines, so as to avoid being more profound and painful to the audience. I don't know if this is the director's intention or just some unavoidable whitewashing~~
That kind of light comedy that makes people feel relaxed, and more cruel and ruthless
, as if standing like a comedian in the end. Yuri on a pile of bullet casings, his life, except for the arms business that he is best at, is nothing but a self-deprecating joke in his mouth~~

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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