Dec. 8th, 2008

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Watched this Nicholas Cage vehicle, Lord of War, last night. Deals with the exploits of an arm smuggler, weaving actual events in and around his fictional story. The portrayal of Andre Baptiste, (fictional) president of the (real) civil war destroyed Liberia, was particularly striking as it draws upon actual feature of the African civil wars such as drug-addled teenaged soldier, insanely corrupt governments and bands of thugs masquerading as "freedom fighters". But at the end, they had to make it a morality play instead of letting the events speak for themselves. Still, some good scenes. My Grade: C/C+

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