Yuri checks Vitaly into a drug rehabilitation clinic and continues his business alone. Vitaly becomes addicted to cocaine after a Colombian drug lord forces the brothers to accept it as payment. Valentine represents a unique threat to Yuri because he is after recognition, not money, and cannot be bought. As Yuri begins to prosper by exploiting his growing network of business connections, he comes to the attention of idealistic Interpol agent Jack Valentine, with whom he crosses paths on multiple occasions. The two brothers get their first big break during the 1982 Lebanon War, where they sell weapons to both Israeli and Lebanese troops despite seeing the weapons used to commit atrocities.
After completing his first sale of an Uzi sub-machine gun to a local mobster, Yuri convinces his younger brother Vitaly to become his partner. The incident inspires him to go into the arms trade. In the early 1980s, Yuri Orlov, the eldest son of a family of Ukrainian refugees, is visiting a restaurant on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York where he witnesses a Russian mobster kill two would-be assassins holding Kalashnikov rifles. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the issue of illicit arms trafficking by the international arms industry. The film was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, to positive reviews and grossed $72.6 million at the box office.Ĭage plays a fictional illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several real-life arms dealers and smugglers, primarily Viktor Bout. Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol, and co-produced by and starring Nicolas Cage.
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