Where there's a will, there's a weapon.
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
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Character
Classical in form, grave, epic and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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35 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Cartographers.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageYuri Orlov
- Bridget MoynahanAva Fontaine Orlov
- Jared LetoVitaly Orlov
- Ethan HawkeJack Valentine
- Eamonn WalkerAndre Baptiste Sr.
- Ian HolmSimeon Weisz
- Sammi RotibiAndre Baptiste Jr.
- Tanit PhoenixCandy
- Shake TukhmanyanIrina Orlov
- Jared BurkeUkrainian Mobster
Crew
- Andrew NiccolDirector
- Andrew NiccolScreenplay
- Amir MokriDirector of Photography
- Antonio PintoOriginal Music Composer
- Zach StaenbergEditor
- Christopher RobertsProducer
- Teri-Lin RobertsonProducer
- Andrew NiccolProducer
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