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Lord of War
Why this pick
A slick, morally queasy rise through the international arms trade, balancing dark humour, direct-to-camera-style irony, and the escalating consequences of treating war as business.
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MOVIE2016 1h 54m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 2005, David Packouz lives in Miami, Florida, working as a massage therapist and living with his girlfriend Iz. Desiring an additional source of income, David spends his life savings on high-quality Egyptian cotton sheets, planning to sell them to Miami retirement homes, but this venture fails to produce results. At a funeral for a friend, David runs into his high school best friend Efraim Diveroli, who had moved to Los Angeles some years prior to work with his uncle selling guns. Efraim has left his uncle and formed his own company, AEY, which fills orders for arms placed by the US government due to the ongoing Iraq War. David's life takes another turn when his girlfriend informs him that she is pregnant. Efraim offers him a job at AEY, and even though David and Iz both vehemently oppose the war, David eventually agrees, telling his girlfriend that he has begun selling his cotton sheets to the US government through Efraim's contacts.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Miles Teller
David Packouz
Jonah Hill
Efraim Diveroli
Ana de Armas
Iz
Patrick St. Esprit
Captain Phillip Santos
Jeff Pierre
Money Room Soldier
Said Faraj
Vegas X Supplier
Ashley Spillers
Rosens Wife
Mehdi Merali
Iraqi Soldier #1