@@danialyousaf6456 Just shows to go you that we're all people at the end of the day. You want a big TV. Andre Baptiste Jr wants an M60 the go with his gold plated AK 47.
@@TheAlanRaptor yeah. Shame that he's so into killing people. Even his father seemed like a nice guy. Guess everyone has their good sides and bad sides. Some have more extreme bad sides than others.
@@MrShockWaveKing He's better than Sandler. I'm thoroughly convinced Redlettermedia are right and that Happy Madison films are some form of money laundering or tax dodging. Nick just appears in shittons of films because he owns actual *castles*.
@@MrStath1986 he gets paid to go on vacation with his family and all his closest friends, they spend some of the time shooting a shitty netflix movie or something, and everyone's happy. except the people who saw reign over me and wish he would make good movies again
It's cool to see that Nick Cage appeared in every indie movie whether it's good or bad. EDIT: i'm looking forward for his next film, Personers of the Ghostland.
Honestly my favorite Nicholas Cage film. Also kudos to you Decker, soldiering on despite Channel Awesome rejecting you. Your channel and reviews are always quite enjoyable. Keep it up good sir!
Channel Awesome is a failed state of tryhards and formulaic, predictable, low-hanging jokes that explain themselves despite being bleeding-edge obvious or tragically inaccurate. Or both. Frankly, Decker dodged a bullet. Like that girl [or guy] you liked in high school who rejected you but on later reflection you realise you were better off single and searching.
Amazing movie, so glad you reviewed this because it is a gem and underrated masterpiece of cinema. And a solid reminder that Nick can act and didn't need his dad's name to carry him in the industry. Personal note, it's bull channel awesome denied you. I think you're way better than some of the others in there.
@@MrStath1986 no there are others that collab with him and I forget his name but he's rather bland and his solo content is just more carried by his gf that clearly can act/perform far better than him. However that's just my opinion.
@@docsnake Legit. I feel like very few escaped the Change The Channel debacle with integrity unscathed/ any semblance of a career in reviewing intact. Angry Joe, Todd In The Shadows, Rocked, Rap Critic, and iirc maybe even Larry Bundy were affiliated but have all except washed the stink of Doug and co. off themselves entirely, coming into their own as creators doing what they love without bs obligations to a megalomaniacal hack. Also good time to add that Decker Shado is basically now, what I thought the Nostalgia Critic was before. They kinda sound similar, have likewise cadences, but Decker knows how to actually make it concise and keeps skits to an absolute minimum in favour of an actual review and snappy quips rather than trying to be The Funniest Guy In The Room 24/7. Plus he has glorious hair instead of an entirely inappropriate tie for his white t-shirt so, Fashion game, on point.
@@MrStath1986 if you want to get even more honest, it's really Brad Jones with Doug hanging on to his shoulder🤣 It's really amazing how much talented and funnier Brad Jones really is compared to Doug Walker
One of my most favorite movies ever. The guy the movie is based on was kidnapped by US but will be soon traded for a couple of cowboys who got themselves locked up in Russia.
Best part of the movie by far. Wish some other flicks did similar things in making the mundane seem so extraordinary. Well, as mundane as African warlords can be.. 👀
One thing IMFDB and others also point out about the selling of the Uzi"s to the gangsters is that the suppressor's arent actually on the guns, so if he was shot, it would be heard. Def not an integrally suppressed gun either
Also, while a great scene, the Mini Uzi there is anachronistic. Yuri's first big sale in Lebanon would have been around 1982, but that Uzi was introduced in 1986. Still a great scene.
Bro that channel awesome joke was great! I’ve loved your channel for a long time by the way ever since the predator biology videos. One of the best content creators honestly!
He probably dodged a bullet there. Given the drama a couple of years back and the fact that the Walker brothers are in all likeliness still difficult to work with at times and owned by their (reportedly) shitty friend, Decker is probably much happier than if he had actually been accepted.
@@TheKeyser94 I still can't understand how it' cheaper to get real guns instead of props! In England, we have a show called Sharpe. In 1 episode instead of using old-fashioned guns, they had extras carry stripped-down SKS carbines!
@@MrPolicekarim Maybe because there is no screening, gunshops in the U. S. have no regulations whatsoever, hell, you can buy guns in the freaking bank, the last place were you should buy a gun. You think that sound like is a sane policy to you?
I swear this is the first time other than coming from my brother that I heard anyone give this movie it's due props. I've loved it since it came out on dvd and my brother and I used to watch the shit out of it. Thank you Mr. Shado I truly thought we were the only 2 people alive that liked this movie lol.
Decker I just wanna leave a comment considering I’ve watched so much of your shit in my life. Your content is comfort content for me, it’s that kinda shit I can always go to and fall asleep or relax with. Your humor is witty to a needles point and your delivery is sharp as a razors edge. Hell I wouldn’t even consider those hyperboles, it’s simply truth. Keep up the good work, stay frosty sir
Lord of War is a great film. It's a rare amalgam of grit and style that at times almost makes it feel like we're watching a different movie from the other side. Of a slightly larger than life, shady world designed for young and attractive heroes like Valentine to fight against. That's why Cage is such a good choice for the leading man in this. He excels at the weirdly slightly larger than life. All of Nick's forgettable flicks try to make him normal. For me, after seeing this movie it always made me take note if there was another Cage flick. And I've always been willing to take up the argument that this is a much better film about similar subject matter than 2006's (a great year for film) Blood Diamond, which trod down mostly safe avenues to effortless international recognition and a notable absence in people's collective memory of cinema.
Anytime i see a movie where the "siblings" look nothing like each other, I just assume there was an affair, a mix-up of babies at the hospital where one of them was born, or adoption... adds flavor and depth to the untold backstories and explains the discrepancy away
I work at a roadhouse and just did bingo night. Restaurants are a hard business to work in. Fucking karens with having to serve 70 with 2 guys a fucking nightmare
the quotes are poignant and just a little scary, especially the one at the end over who is on the security council and how much they profit form the same thing they say they are against
Honestly an underated gem. I never tied this movie to the real life figure I actually thought it was pure fiction. I think if more people realised just how good an actore Cage actually is this movie would have seen so much more traction. Thankfully he does what he likes and interests him making our lives so much richer.
Well the last quote on this video saying that he's still in prison is wrong now because he was released and a trade to Russia to get Britney Greiner back no news to say if Victor bout is in Russian prison or released we don't know yet
My favourite thing I've heard about this movie is a screenshot of Yuri's hallucination, where he's staring at the hyena, and the caption says: "Here we see a scavenger that lives by preying upon the weak meeting a hyena."
I’ll give Nicolas Cage this, he aged 20 years in about 10 (80’s to 90’s) but hasn’t visually aged a day since The Rock not including he hair line which goes back & forth
Decker you have awesome movie reviews I don't know why you don't have millions of views by now! Keep up the great work, your hard work doesn't go unnoticed friend
Thank you for reviewing my favorite movie. Would you ever consider reviewing my other favorite, Trainspotting? Possibly in a Danny Boyle review series? Pretty please? 😺
I remember when this came out and seemingly no one in our town saw it except my group of friends and I. I'd almost describe it as a dark, dark comedy or satire wrapped in a drama tinged with a little arthouse. It certainly doesn't pull punches. I really think this qualifies as a hidden gem bc still not many people seem to know about this one. Great job as always on the review.
After the Summer of Nicholas Cage is over why don’t you review a King Kong movie? You’ve reviewed a few Godzilla movies and all the Gamera movies but not one King Kong movie yet
20:51 Yuri would probably spin it as being merciful and it being morally wrong to *_not_* sell them the guns on the grounds of getting shot is a potentially quicker and undeniably less painful and brutal way to die.
Lord of War is up there with Gattaca in terms of Andrew Niccol's best films. Niccol always makes a meaningful thought-provoking film, but it doesn't always nail it like with those films. In Time, for example, had a great idea, but it probably should have been a short story rather than a film. As a film it was just a bit on the nose.
It's odd: I don't remember watching this movie, but I've been wondering for years where I saw the time-lapse footage of a plane being stripped while the main character watches.
I feel like this movie is a lot like The Wolf of Wallstreet - only with guns instead of phony-stocks and bonds. Even though the main characters are doing wrong, there's just something inherently fascinating about watching someone with the right charisma doing something wrong, getting away with it, and making _loads of money_ doing it. Is it catharsis? Wish fulfillment? Do we all secretly wish we could do what these people do? Is it in the same vein as the Ocean's Eleven movies; do we all wish we could pull off a heist, taking money from a guy who is worse than us, and live comfortably rich lives afterwards? Who knows?
Coincidental that Lord of War is reviewed which features huge caches of post war munitions while there’s a ton of pictures of seized weapons from US/Afghan bases in Afghanistan. Can’t wait to see Lord of War 2 because of it lmao
My favorite Nic Cage movie and hell, it might even be in my all time top 20. It's a wonderful movie: great themes, good drama, excellent soundtrack and Cage's best performance in my humble opinion. It's one of those movies that leaves me thinking for a long time every time I watch it.
One of Cage's best movies if not his absolute best. This is a must-watch with how well it's made and how flawless Cage's acting is here. Yeah he doesn't go crazy most of the time, but this is a movie that calls for a more subdued performance, and he does it VERY well. Decker makes a good point here about the narration too, with it not just being a tool for exposition but giving us a lot of good insight into Yuri and how he views things. It's almost like transforming a book's insights on a character into a narrative tool for the purposes of the movie in a well-executed way.
On one hand, we need weapons for self-defense so I am not anti-weapon. Heck I like them, like how some people collect swords, heck my favorite missile is the Hellfire missile. I just don't like how so many businesses are willing to arm some really, really bad people we shouldn't be selling them to or hell weapons that were made to defend a country instead end up being used by said country to invade another country.
I agree and disagree. Weapons, especially antique weapons and swords are cool, but the point of modern weapons are not for self defense and haven't really been about self defense for a very, vert, very long time. After all, if weapons were fully being committed towards self defense, where defending oneself is the main priority, they would be developing towards the self defense point.
@@cttommy73 I think we reached a point where even if a company genuinely only wants it's weapons to be used for defense (either of person or country) it's gonna be misused by our government or fall into the wrong hands no matter what. A company should still strive to be as moral and ethic about it as possible so they have less culpability in war crimes or crimes in general. I mean once you sell a product, even with good intentions like defense, it's out of your control on what the person will do with said product. TLDR: I do believe you can be a weapons manufacture and still be morally and ethically responsible. Just cause you make and sell weapons doesn't mean you have to be the bad guy.
"Something tells me hes not about to get a part-time job as a Gigolo." No, that would be Lord of Love. And Cage becoming a vamipre-seducing Gigolo is something i'd pay to see. possibly in person... possibly by placing money in his thong.
Decker gets it. LORD OF WAR (2005) is Nick Cage at his best.
Easily my favorite Cage movie
@@inquisitorbacon8170 same
It's great and Cage is as well.
Yeah Cage really nailed this role. Easily my fav from him. From memory, all the cast did an excellent job.
Absolutely!
"I want the gun from RAMBO."
"Parts 1, 2, or 3?"
My favorite line from the movie.
"I've only seen part 1!"
"Ah, the M60. Would you like the armor piercing bullets?"
"Please!" 🙂
@@TheAlanRaptor that "yes please" was adorable for a cannibalistic warlord.
@@danialyousaf6456 Just shows to go you that we're all people at the end of the day. You want a big TV. Andre Baptiste Jr wants an M60 the go with his gold plated AK 47.
@@TheAlanRaptor yeah. Shame that he's so into killing people. Even his father seemed like a nice guy. Guess everyone has their good sides and bad sides. Some have more extreme bad sides than others.
Good thing 4 and 5 were not out yet. 😂
I rewatched this a while ago. Very underappreciated movie. And Nick proves again he really is an excellent actor when he gives a crap.
And isn't perennially strapped for cash.
Similar to Adam Sandler.
@@MrShockWaveKing He's better than Sandler. I'm thoroughly convinced Redlettermedia are right and that Happy Madison films are some form of money laundering or tax dodging.
Nick just appears in shittons of films because he owns actual *castles*.
@@MrStath1986 I was just referring to, when both Adam and Nick wants to give an excellent performance when they want to.
@@MrStath1986 he gets paid to go on vacation with his family and all his closest friends, they spend some of the time shooting a shitty netflix movie or something, and everyone's happy. except the people who saw reign over me and wish he would make good movies again
Wow I can't believe that Decker never saw this one before. Maybe one day he'll get around to watching Mandy.
Oh my God golly gosh I fucking hope so
He did haha
@@elidasilva5558 He just did today. I watched it.
Do I have some news for you my boy.
Ah 2005... I remember Lord of War being one of the first movies I saw stores using to show how good BluRay looked
I'm my experience it was always pirates of the caribbean, 300, Troy, 10000 BC and V for Vendetta
It's cool to see that Nick Cage appeared in every indie movie whether it's good or bad.
EDIT: i'm looking forward for his next film, Personers of the Ghostland.
i mean... he did it because he was broke... It's worked out for him in the long run though.
Honestly my favorite Nicholas Cage film. Also kudos to you Decker, soldiering on despite Channel Awesome rejecting you. Your channel and reviews are always quite enjoyable. Keep it up good sir!
Decker’s definitely surpassed them on the enjoyability and creative scale.
Channel Awesome is a failed state of tryhards and formulaic, predictable, low-hanging jokes that explain themselves despite being bleeding-edge obvious or tragically inaccurate. Or both.
Frankly, Decker dodged a bullet. Like that girl [or guy] you liked in high school who rejected you but on later reflection you realise you were better off single and searching.
@@viscountrainbows6452 not to mention how shady the guys that started the channel are.
@@danialyousaf6456 James Rolfe still reigns supreme, decker is second if not equal.
@@goatthecreator9905 ok.
The "I'm a cat guy" comment slayed me sir. Cheers.
Amazing movie, so glad you reviewed this because it is a gem and underrated masterpiece of cinema. And a solid reminder that Nick can act and didn't need his dad's name to carry him in the industry. Personal note, it's bull channel awesome denied you. I think you're way better than some of the others in there.
'The others' at Channel Awesome? Who? Isn't it literally Brad and Doug these days?
It seems they actually did him a favor tbh.
@@MrStath1986 no there are others that collab with him and I forget his name but he's rather bland and his solo content is just more carried by his gf that clearly can act/perform far better than him. However that's just my opinion.
@@docsnake Legit. I feel like very few escaped the Change The Channel debacle with integrity unscathed/ any semblance of a career in reviewing intact. Angry Joe, Todd In The Shadows, Rocked, Rap Critic, and iirc maybe even Larry Bundy were affiliated but have all except washed the stink of Doug and co. off themselves entirely, coming into their own as creators doing what they love without bs obligations to a megalomaniacal hack.
Also good time to add that Decker Shado is basically now, what I thought the Nostalgia Critic was before. They kinda sound similar, have likewise cadences, but Decker knows how to actually make it concise and keeps skits to an absolute minimum in favour of an actual review and snappy quips rather than trying to be The Funniest Guy In The Room 24/7. Plus he has glorious hair instead of an entirely inappropriate tie for his white t-shirt so, Fashion game, on point.
@@MrStath1986 if you want to get even more honest, it's really Brad Jones with Doug hanging on to his shoulder🤣
It's really amazing how much talented and funnier Brad Jones really is compared to Doug Walker
One of my most favorite movies ever.
The guy the movie is based on was kidnapped by US but will be soon traded for a couple of cowboys who got themselves locked up in Russia.
That ending speech, that makes the movei for me.
One of the best movie openings ever.
Yeah, the "life of a bullet" opening was a great idea perfectly executed
Best part of the movie by far. Wish some other flicks did similar things in making the mundane seem so extraordinary. Well, as mundane as African warlords can be.. 👀
it aged badly, too smooth surfaces give up the cgi right away, but it is still cool
One thing IMFDB and others also point out about the selling of the Uzi"s to the gangsters is that the suppressor's arent actually on the guns, so if he was shot, it would be heard. Def not an integrally suppressed gun either
Also, while a great scene, the Mini Uzi there is anachronistic. Yuri's first big sale in Lebanon would have been around 1982, but that Uzi was introduced in 1986. Still a great scene.
@@shawdawg3675 Invented by a Brit would you believe it! He moved to Israel after WW2.
“Bigger lines because everything is bigger in Texas”
🤣 that got me! 🤣
God this movie hits differently nowadays especially what's happened recently
Oh yeah there are several Yuri’s in Afghanistan right now.
Are there Simeons selling only to those who foster their specific political ends?
@@vitorafmonteiro The Simeons are clearly representative of world governments dealing under the table.
@@theshadowman1398 No, Biden was the real Yuri here. Even gave them a very good discount.
@@theshadowman1398And Viktor Bout was traded for Brittney Griner last year
I heard they exchanged this guy for a basketball player.
I loved that movie. Honestly, I think it's one of Nicholas Cage's best films. That ending in the interrogation room was so good.
Never stop doing reviews!!
Bro that channel awesome joke was great! I’ve loved your channel for a long time by the way ever since the predator biology videos. One of the best content creators honestly!
shots fuckin fired
I just checked that channel for the first time in ages. Didn't they have like 10 mil subs before that whole Jew Wario fiasco?
He probably dodged a bullet there. Given the drama a couple of years back and the fact that the Walker brothers are in all likeliness still difficult to work with at times and owned by their (reportedly) shitty friend, Decker is probably much happier than if he had actually been accepted.
the day i discovered Decker is the day i stopped searching up nostalgia critic videos
Here is a trivia, for the movie, buying real guns was cheaper than buying props, that very much about the guns business in the U. S.
The scene in that russian army base in the beginning!
@@MrPolicekarim Yeah, all of those were real guns, not props, they only they change it the colour of them.
@@TheKeyser94 I still can't understand how it' cheaper to get real guns instead of props! In England, we have a show called Sharpe. In 1 episode instead of using old-fashioned guns, they had extras carry stripped-down SKS carbines!
@@MrPolicekarim Maybe because there is no screening, gunshops in the U. S. have no regulations whatsoever, hell, you can buy guns in the freaking bank, the last place were you should buy a gun. You think that sound like is a sane policy to you?
@@TheKeyser94 No it does not!
Lord of war was one of his best movies in a long time.
I swear this is the first time other than coming from my brother that I heard anyone give this movie it's due props. I've loved it since it came out on dvd and my brother and I used to watch the shit out of it. Thank you Mr. Shado I truly thought we were the only 2 people alive that liked this movie lol.
This is my favourite Nick Cage movie and just one of my favourite movies in general, like seriously Nick Cage as a gun runner it’s perfect.
what abt leaving las vegas?
11:07 Good lord have mercy. That was cold
Nostalgia Critic lives in Deckers Shadow.
Doug wishes he had an ounce of Decker's talent.
Decker I just wanna leave a comment considering I’ve watched so much of your shit in my life. Your content is comfort content for me, it’s that kinda shit I can always go to and fall asleep or relax with. Your humor is witty to a needles point and your delivery is sharp as a razors edge. Hell I wouldn’t even consider those hyperboles, it’s simply truth. Keep up the good work, stay frosty sir
This movie really was awesome.
Those birds were thoroughly unimpressed by your intro, lol.
LOL
11:11 Probably the biggest bullet you've ever dodged Decker.
Lord of War is a great film. It's a rare amalgam of grit and style that at times almost makes it feel like we're watching a different movie from the other side. Of a slightly larger than life, shady world designed for young and attractive heroes like Valentine to fight against. That's why Cage is such a good choice for the leading man in this. He excels at the weirdly slightly larger than life. All of Nick's forgettable flicks try to make him normal. For me, after seeing this movie it always made me take note if there was another Cage flick. And I've always been willing to take up the argument that this is a much better film about similar subject matter than 2006's (a great year for film) Blood Diamond, which trod down mostly safe avenues to effortless international recognition and a notable absence in people's collective memory of cinema.
Lord of war is a really good Nicholas cage 😂😂😂
6:19 "They(guns) aren't bio-degradable. Only the dead are bio-degradable." the Jackal from far cry 2 did this character so much better,
Aaaaand that guy that they loosely based this movie on just got released yesterday...
One of the best films I ever saw, magically combines having a genuine political message with being fantastically entertaining.
You were way too good for Channel Awesome anyway.
And boy, was this a timely review.
Gunpower has toluene in it, which does cause hallucinations. According to MGS2 its put into child soldiers food to inhibit their fear of combat.
Yeah, I remember Raiden said that when talking to Rose. Also made them watch action films!
A very underrated film. And I love the moral ambiguity of it.
Cage's Character reminded me of so to say an Pre Alternative Marvel Cinematic Tony Stark.
Well in hindsight you dodged the "channel awesome" bullet haha.
25:07 well uh... this didn't age too well
I always appreciate that you actually know guns.
Shots fired on channel Awesome! Great Job on the review.
The only unbelievable part of the movie is the idea of Nicholas Cgae and Jared Leto being related. Not really seeing the family resemblance.
Anytime i see a movie where the "siblings" look nothing like each other, I just assume there was an affair, a mix-up of babies at the hospital where one of them was born, or adoption... adds flavor and depth to the untold backstories and explains the discrepancy away
I work at a roadhouse and just did bingo night. Restaurants are a hard business to work in. Fucking karens with having to serve 70 with 2 guys a fucking nightmare
According to Raiden gunpowder contains toluine which is a hallucinogen.
Nothing wrong with channel awesome but I sure am glad you’re doing your own thing. You’re better for it!
Andrew Niccol, the director and screenwriter also did gattaca, one of my favorite Science fiction movies
Bilbo Baggins, has the one hole, to top them all. A headshot.
the quotes are poignant and just a little scary, especially the one at the end over who is on the security council and how much they profit form the same thing they say they are against
Honestly an underated gem.
I never tied this movie to the real life figure I actually thought it was pure fiction.
I think if more people realised just how good an actore Cage actually is this movie would have seen so much more traction.
Thankfully he does what he likes and interests him making our lives so much richer.
Killing the other arms dealer was quite a realistic scenario. People are hippocrites, they dont care about things they dont see.
Despite copyright issue rage, he is still Nic Cage!
This is probably my only favorite Nicholas cage movie Great review 👍🏿 👏
That screenshot makes him look Saul Goodman
Motley Crue did that Texas line
Ah yes.."Not getting out soon." Didn't age well did it? Well. How could you have known a 7 foot tall, lesbian, POC athlete would have gotten arrested.
Well the last quote on this video saying that he's still in prison is wrong now because he was released and a trade to Russia to get Britney Greiner back no news to say if Victor bout is in Russian prison or released we don't know yet
My favourite thing I've heard about this movie is a screenshot of Yuri's hallucination, where he's staring at the hyena, and the caption says:
"Here we see a scavenger that lives by preying upon the weak meeting a hyena."
Was just telling some co-workers about this one. Nick Cage isn't just a meme actor but also a good one. I love both. Rage Cage and Nicolas Cage.
Requiem for a gun runner, that's kinda what I think seeing Leto in this flick
I love how those ducks/geese/whatever those fowls are barely move in the opening.
Ahh yes Deckers summer in the fall tradition as old as time.
I’ll give Nicolas Cage this, he aged 20 years in about 10 (80’s to 90’s) but hasn’t visually aged a day since The Rock not including he hair line which goes back & forth
Decker you have awesome movie reviews I don't know why you don't have millions of views by now! Keep up the great work, your hard work doesn't go unnoticed friend
Thank you for reviewing my favorite movie. Would you ever consider reviewing my other favorite, Trainspotting? Possibly in a Danny Boyle review series? Pretty please? 😺
I remember when this came out and seemingly no one in our town saw it except my group of friends and I. I'd almost describe it as a dark, dark comedy or satire wrapped in a drama tinged with a little arthouse. It certainly doesn't pull punches. I really think this qualifies as a hidden gem bc still not many people seem to know about this one. Great job as always on the review.
That Channel Awesome joke had me rolling - talk about a bullet dodged, eh?!
After the Summer of Nicholas Cage is over why don’t you review a King Kong movie? You’ve reviewed a few Godzilla movies and all the Gamera movies but not one King Kong movie yet
20:51 Yuri would probably spin it as being merciful and it being morally wrong to *_not_* sell them the guns on the grounds of getting shot is a potentially quicker and undeniably less painful and brutal way to die.
Totally
I had never considered the cocaine border....
Also glad you chose this movie
Lord of War is up there with Gattaca in terms of Andrew Niccol's best films. Niccol always makes a meaningful thought-provoking film, but it doesn't always nail it like with those films. In Time, for example, had a great idea, but it probably should have been a short story rather than a film. As a film it was just a bit on the nose.
Finally Decker. My favorite nick cage movie from 2005
How many other Nick Cage movies are from 2005?
0:06 lol at your chickens "da fuq?"
I see the lights in the reflection of your glasses, Decker.
I just realized that african warlord was Kareem Said in OZ
Well the lord of war, the death merchant is out of the slammer decker shado should revisit this
It's odd: I don't remember watching this movie, but I've been wondering for years where I saw the time-lapse footage of a plane being stripped while the main character watches.
“Welcome to UA-cam, man!”
Laughed so hard! 🤣
Instead of 'Based on true/actual events'...
When Nic Cage stars -
'Freebased on, name it!'
I feel like this movie is a lot like The Wolf of Wallstreet - only with guns instead of phony-stocks and bonds. Even though the main characters are doing wrong, there's just something inherently fascinating about watching someone with the right charisma doing something wrong, getting away with it, and making _loads of money_ doing it. Is it catharsis? Wish fulfillment? Do we all secretly wish we could do what these people do?
Is it in the same vein as the Ocean's Eleven movies; do we all wish we could pull off a heist, taking money from a guy who is worse than us, and live comfortably rich lives afterwards?
Who knows?
It's more "Thank You For Smoking" but with guns imo.
Loved seeing this in theaters but jesus my head was ringing
The same dude from requiem for a dream, became a coke head. Lol
Explains the jokers 🃏 backstory 🤔
The US govt official being a US Marine officer was absolutely a dig at Col. Oliver North and the Iran Contra situation
Anyone else expect Decker to jump up and chase the ducks in the beginning?
Coincidental that Lord of War is reviewed which features huge caches of post war munitions while there’s a ton of pictures of seized weapons from US/Afghan bases in Afghanistan. Can’t wait to see Lord of War 2 because of it lmao
My favorite Nic Cage movie and hell, it might even be in my all time top 20. It's a wonderful movie: great themes, good drama, excellent soundtrack and Cage's best performance in my humble opinion. It's one of those movies that leaves me thinking for a long time every time I watch it.
That was a good opportunity for a drive by summer-of intro
That last line of your review did not age well.
One of Cage's best movies if not his absolute best. This is a must-watch with how well it's made and how flawless Cage's acting is here. Yeah he doesn't go crazy most of the time, but this is a movie that calls for a more subdued performance, and he does it VERY well. Decker makes a good point here about the narration too, with it not just being a tool for exposition but giving us a lot of good insight into Yuri and how he views things. It's almost like transforming a book's insights on a character into a narrative tool for the purposes of the movie in a well-executed way.
Avtomat Kalashnikov Model 1947... yeeee boi
8:10-8:45 why do I have a feeling that after that scene Decker might in a future review Requiem for a Dream
11:10 SHOTS FIRED
Your reviews are great decker i always love checking up on your channel from time to time to see what's being reviewed
On one hand, we need weapons for self-defense so I am not anti-weapon. Heck I like them, like how some people collect swords, heck my favorite missile is the Hellfire missile. I just don't like how so many businesses are willing to arm some really, really bad people we shouldn't be selling them to or hell weapons that were made to defend a country instead end up being used by said country to invade another country.
I agree and disagree. Weapons, especially antique weapons and swords are cool, but the point of modern weapons are not for self defense and haven't really been about self defense for a very, vert, very long time. After all, if weapons were fully being committed towards self defense, where defending oneself is the main priority, they would be developing towards the self defense point.
@@cttommy73 I think we reached a point where even if a company genuinely only wants it's weapons to be used for defense (either of person or country) it's gonna be misused by our government or fall into the wrong hands no matter what.
A company should still strive to be as moral and ethic about it as possible so they have less culpability in war crimes or crimes in general. I mean once you sell a product, even with good intentions like defense, it's out of your control on what the person will do with said product.
TLDR: I do believe you can be a weapons manufacture and still be morally and ethically responsible. Just cause you make and sell weapons doesn't mean you have to be the bad guy.
Maybe National Treasure next, something a bit more lighthearted compared but still some solid Cage acting
Ooooh, that Channel Awesome burn xD!
Also this is a favorite film of mine and probably top 3 Nic Cage movies & performance by him.
I was walking home last night from work wondering how they could make a sequel to this film.
Decker, forget about those hecklers in the comment section. They're on a _hunt for a witch._ 😂😂
"Something tells me hes not about to get a part-time job as a Gigolo." No, that would be Lord of Love. And Cage becoming a vamipre-seducing Gigolo is something i'd pay to see. possibly in person... possibly by placing money in his thong.
The guy they based this movie off of, Russia wants to use as part of a prisoner exchange with Brittney Griner