Narrated movies have a charm of their own. They give the movie an air of importance, a no nonsense personality. The theme then has to essentially be something serious, something that is food for thought. Lord of War is. It is a well researched film on the illegal arms trade and its humanitarian consequences or savagery, whatever u may call it.
Nicholas Cage seems to have created a niche for himself when it comes to the 'cool customer' kind of roles. He fits to a hilt as the polished yet ruthless, gun runner who never loses his temper. He's quite ably supported by Jared Leto who inspite of less screen space, shows lot of presence.
The movie touches upon the relevant political issue of Blood Diamonds but doesn't explore it further. For most parts, the movie tends to engage in hero worshipping, zipping through deal after deal of Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cage) without showing the details. It kind of makes it look easy, which is not the case. Come to think of it, the whole movie had this 'its so easy' attitude which otherwise, could have made the movie gripping.
Technically, i didn't notice anything jarring and throughout the movie was well absorbed in it. Guess that means, things were pretty fine in that department
Overall, an ok movie
concept: 7/10
performance: 8/10
technical: 7/10
screenplay: 6/10
overall: 7/10
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