Lord of War fingerprintHigh energy, funny, light on feelings.
Brutally violent and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Moving
Plenty of dark humor and satire
Society, everyday modern life, and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and storytelling
Standout cinematography and sound design
Brutally violent and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Lord of War is brutally violent, tense, and spectacular.
Moving
Emotionally, it's moving.
Plenty of dark humor and satire
Expect plenty of dark humor and satire.
Society, everyday modern life, and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around society, everyday modern life, and crime. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and storytelling
The performances, direction, and storytelling stand out.
Standout cinematography and sound design
Look and sound: the cinematography and sound design stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Where there's a will, there's a weapon.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Lord of War is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Peacock, and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on The CW, Kanopy, and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes 62%, and Metacritic 62). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and drug use.
2 h 2 min
Lord of War runs 2 h 2 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Audiences rate Lord of War higher (79) than critics (62). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $50 million to make and earned $73 million worldwide, 1.5 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Arabic, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Turkish. Produced in France, United States, Germany.
+28GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Lord of War in 42 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 206 storytelling tropes for Lord of War, including Laughably Evil, Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!, Even Evil Has Standards.
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