Lord Of War (2005)


Nicolas Cage            Yuri Orlov
Bridget Moynahan        Ava Fontaine
Jared Leto              Vitaly Orlov
Ian Holm                Simeon Weisz
Eamonn Walker           Baptiste Senior
Sammi Rotibi            Andre Baptiste Junior
Ethan Hawke             Jack Valentine

Directed by:            Andrew Niccol
Produced by:            Christopher Eberts, Fabrice Gianfermi, Bradley Cramp (II)


Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer. Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to 
stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals, even some of his customers who 
include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, Yuri must also face his own conscience.

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This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, 
selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess 
and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his 
psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage 
to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between 
his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.

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In the 1980s in Little Odessa, the Ukrainian immigrant Yuri Orlov decides to change his economical life and 
becomes an arm dealer with his brother Vitaly Orlov. His business of gunrunner supplying illegal weapons in 
disturbed areas of the planet increases with the end of the Cold War, and Yuri bribes a Russian general to 
sell most of his arsenal. Meanwhile, he becomes a millionaire and uses his money to seduce the beautiful 
Ava Fontaine and they get married, having a son. The detective Jack Valentine chases Yuri trying to put him 
in jail, but in the end he understands that Yuri is a necessary evil for the interest of his nation.