I saw "Lord of War" on another boring Saturday night with a group of friends. I expected the movie to be a classic shoot `em up type but was surprised at just how deep it was. Half-way through the movie I was quit disappointed but as it went on I was glad I did not get up and leave as it turned out to be a great movie.

The movie begins with narration by "Yuri" and immigrate from the former Ukraine whose family pretended to be Jewish to escape to America. Yuri explains how his father had adopted the Jewish lifestyle, opening a Jewish restaurant, attending temple and even refusing shell fish. As he crosses the street from his restaurant to a nearby bar he realizes just what everybody in life needs as he witness the attempted hit on a mob boss. After coming to...