Life of a Arms dealer. genocide, murder you name it its in it. every kid can watich it if they understand
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Lord of War
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Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17. -
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Common Sense says
Ambitious but uneven; way too violent for kids.
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What Parents Need to Know
About Lord of War
Parents need to know that this movie is about an international arms dealer and includes explicit images of explosions, gun battles, dead bodies. An early, striking sequence follows a bullet from manufacture through sales and shipping to its eventual endpoint in a boy's head -- the screen goes red. It also features frequent cursing, smoking, sexual promiscuity and unclothed female prostitutes, as well as drug use; one of the dealers becomes a serious cocaine and heroin addict, the other becomes addicted to the rush of selling contraband. The film reduces complex points about international markets and politics.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the brothers' relationship: how does Yuri take advantage of Vitali? How does Yuri's lying to his wife, Ava, become a metaphor for lying to himself? What is the function served by dogged Agent Ryan, whose moral position seems almost quaint alongside the high stakes rolling of the arms dealers? As the film argues that Yuri's deals are small potatoes next to corporate and government contractors, how does it take a stand against Yuri and/or how does it generate sympathy for him?
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
wonderful!
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Good film with conflicting morals
A good film, that was based on tthe life of an arms dealer. He does what he has to claims it is "an evil, but a nessisary evil." And for many reasons he is right. It isn't very approprete for younger people, there is sex and nudity and some brutal genocide but it is overal a good film.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
An interesting film.
Worth seeing, but not my absouloute favorite (bring that down to 3 stars, please). For persons 13+ who can understand issues like violence and sex.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
Makes you sick to the stomach
The previews make it look like a gun runner with some good comic releif. Rather it is a story of a gun runner/war lord that does not beleive it is wrong to supply weapons (guns, tanks, rpg, ammo, etc.) to anyone. Sin is always present in this movie, whether it is in the form of violence, sex, lieing, drugs, murder (guy shot in the head at close range, brains splatter), or any combination of these. It is horrible from every perspective. The movie trys to make a point, but it gets lost amongs the sin.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
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