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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   "Niccol squeezes his cartoonish irony for pathos, as if retelling Superman from the dark side but softening it to make us lament, 'Poor Lex Luthor. Poor, lost Lex Luthor'."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale "Satire is rarely so hard-hitting, or high calibre."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel "An unflinching portrait of a man who needs to have his ethics examined."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B "Niccol’s attention to detail perks up the screenplay, and constantly strengthens the ideas that he’s frantically trying to communicate."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/5 "it’s a point weakly made, with depressingly little to back it up"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti B+ "(The way you feel about Nicholas Cage’s character is exactly how you might feel about the leaders of all governments. They are indeed cut from the same bloody cloth)."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "As Yuri plainly gets off on risk, he's also broadly representative of cavalier attitudes toward risk concerning vulnerable individuals and communities."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 5/5 "This is Niccol’s bravest movie to date, and it is an unquestionably brilliant work."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2.5/4 "Niccol seems to have bitten off more than he can chew here, substituting feverishness for character development..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "As flawed as it is, still has some value as it delivers some measure of truth."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Educational as well as entertaining, but its free-floating plot as it drifts from event to event makes it a series of favorable memories rather than a fully-formed picture."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Una película frívola y superficial sobre un tema serio e importante como el tráfico de armas. Entretiene, pero como denuncia cínica se queda corta."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B- "I just wish the film made its points about guns and governments better, and less heavy-handedly."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "The approach to Yuri’s tale is an interesting one as Cage and Niccol never break their poker faces in trying to make him any more or any less than what he actually is."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "There's a glibness to the treatment that smacks more of sophomoric black comedy than sharp satire, but the cinematic verve is hard to resist."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Unlike most Hollywood movies being made today, Lord of War actually has something to say even though it goes about saying it clumsily . . ."   SA Movie & DVD Magazine   James O'Ehley "An edgy anti-establishment dark comedy with even darker characters. Niccol’s refusal to lighten up gives Lord of War teeth and plenty of bite."   Light Views   John Larsen 4/5 "When all is said and done, Lord of War presents us with a hopeless world. War is hell, but what are you going to do about it?"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "Andrew Niccol takes on a huge issue and gives it the Goodfellas treatment...[but it is] less successful, overlong and not as emotionally engaging"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/4 "Bleakly funny and bitterly cynical."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 8/10 "Once you are trapped into being interested in the characters you may find you are learning more about the business than you really wanted to know and a lot that you hope is untrue. Sadly, there seems to be a uniform real ring of truth."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "I don’t mean the suggest that the film’s cynicism is a bad thing, a negative attribute. How can you not be cynical in the face of this?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Moral ambiguity has rarely been so well done on screen."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "a classic hubris rise-and-fall story, chillingly real and contemporary and very scary."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Unlike Cage's reliable merchandise in the film, Niccol's supposedly explosive exposé misfires with every other shot."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "An arresting and disturbing piece of work that gets its message across without coming off as overly preachy."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3.5/5 "The story and characters are vivid and compelling, although the film is far too dense for its own good."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/5 "The movie ultimately crushes itself in a vise of self-loathing."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "If it wasn't for the great acting, a solid script and strong direction, this would be a tiresome movie."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 7/10 "Satire runs rampant in this cynical action-adventure, revolving around "a necessary evil.""   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "This fast-paced and undeniably intelligent film still qualifies as a disappointment."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 2/4 "A trippy, high-budget public service announcement shot like a luxury car commercial."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1