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Lord of War (2005) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Lord of War (2005) a score of 2.7688 out of 4

based on (256) reviews

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Excellent

(33)

Very Good

(169)

Good

(49)

Fair

(4)

Poor

(1)

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WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Lord of War is an extremely compelling tale with fantastic acting performances, great dialogue and dark humor that still makes you laugh in the middle of gripping drama...read the complete Lord of War (2005) review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

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Cineclub-Filmkritik

Der mit seiner Familie aus der Unkraine in die USA eingewanderte Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) lebt mit seinen Eltern und seinem jüngeren Bruder Vitali (Jared Leto) im Mafia-kontrollierten Einwanderer-Viertel New Yorks und arbeitet nebenbei im...read the complete Lord of War (2005) review at Cineclub-Filmkritik

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IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)

Slick and undeniably entertaining....read the complete Lord of War (2005) review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)

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RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)

Lord of War was overwrought, preachy, predictable and boring. Other than that it was fantastic! No seriously, this is not a good film folks. It's the story of Nicolas Cage as an international arms dealer but it never connects on any level. This is a...read the complete Lord of War (2005) review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)

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Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)

This issue deserves a serious airing, which it doesn't get in a movie this slick and morally bankrupt....read the complete Lord of War (2005) review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)

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