And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss... the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year... sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns.
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So... you call me evil, but unfortunaly for you, I'm a necessary evil
Watching this movie is like a reminder to get you out of your daily thoughts : the world that we live in is a mirror picture of what we are : in human acts, there is a lot of black, a lot of grey and very little white; and the whiter the acts, the surer you can be that they are only demagogy brought up to cover the worst.
So, back to the plot: this guy, Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage in a rather good performance), sells arms the way he would sell candy or diet coke: with a great marketing slab, profit & loss, etc... Since he is the main character, and since you are shown the details of his personal life, you are brought to sympathize with him, although he is the worst bastard earth ever produced : that's the strength of the movie : you can "understand" his worst decisions. Another strength is the fact that there is no or little bloodshed; most of it is suggested or not shown (but you know about it all the same...).
A great movie, with a crude and horrifying message : it's worth the time you'll lose to watch it. Oh, and the introduction sequence is a blast!
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