Lord of War
“Where there's a will, there's a weapon.”
Cast
Nicolas Cage 
Ethan Hawke 
Jared Leto 
Bridget Moynahan 
Shake Tukhmanyan Jean-Pierre Nshanian
Credits
Written by: 
Andrew Niccol
Plot
Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian-American arms dealer, sells weapons to warlords and dictators around the world while an Interpol agent chases him. He rationalises his trade, but it costs him his family.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrew Niccol's dark satire, with Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Jared Leto, follows the arms trade with a sardonic voice-over and a bitter eye for hypocrisy. It is cynical and often funny, and its opening sequence, following a bullet from factory to battlefield, is the best known part.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (363,605 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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