History YMMV / LordOfWar

* FunnyMoments: Yuri meeting Ava and showing her his "private jet," while narrating that the plane and even the suit he's wearing were rentals. As the plane takes off, the hastily-painted "ORLOV" is smeared.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: In spite of its preachy ending, it showed the Military Industrial Complex's role in continuation of arms dealing operation along with its influence among powerful nations to prevent its end who would either block or delay that would stop that industry. Had it not been for the ending, it would be this trope.

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Not the film itself, but the poster where Yuri's head is made of bullets is taken from a Sunday Times special report on Kofi Annan, where a critical artist had done the same thing to Kofi. ''PrivateEye'' noted the similarity.

* AssPull: Yuri working as a proxy for the US government, giving him a GetOutOfJailFreeCard. Despite detailing his rise as an ArmsDealer, this never shown, mentioned or even hinted once.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: In spite of its preachy ending, it showed the Military Industrial Complex's]] role in continuation of arms dealing operation along with its influence among powerful nations to prevent its end who would either block or delay that would stop that industry. Had it not been for the ending, it would be this trope.

* NightmareFuel: [[UncannyValley Look at the poster on the main page]]. And many, many times in the movie itself!

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: In spite of its preachy ending, it showed the [[WarForFunAndProfit Military Industrial Complex's]] role in continuation of arms dealing operation along with its influence among powerful nations [[InherentInTheSystem to prevent its end]] who would either block or delay that would stop that industry. Had it not been for the ending, it would be this trope.

* {{Narm}}: This [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1444067328/tt0399295 promotional still]].
* NightmareFuel: [[UncannyValley Look at the poster on the main page]].
** And many, many times in the movie itself!

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The computers in this film seem rather outdated, despite its being made in only 2005. Which makes sense, as the film spans across the late 1980s and 1990s, with the ending occurring, according to WordOfGod, shortly before [[TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]].

* FridgeLogic: Thrice during the movie Yuri has one of his own guns pointed at him. The second time he is shot by a drug dealer he is selling to. So, why does he continue to load these guns before selling them?
** Because we can all agree; 'Batteries not included' is bullshit.

* CompleteMonster: Andre Baptiste Sr. (and Jr.). Baptiste Sr. is a corrupt, seemingly charming president, who very quickly shows his true colors when he casually murders one of his own soldiers to test a revolver. Baptiste Jr. is a stereotypical African nutcase-warlord, a cannibal, and a rapist.

* GunPorn

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Not the film itself, but the poster where Yuri's head is made of bullets is taken from a Sunday Times special report on Kofi Annan, where a critical artist had done the same thing to Kofi. ''PrivateEye'' noted the similarity.

* CompleteMonster: Andre Baptiste Sr. (and Jr.).

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Not the film itself, but the poster where Yuri's head is made of bullets is taken from a Sunday Times special report on Kofi Annan, where a critical artist had done the same thing to Kofi. PrivateEye noted the similarity.

* CompleteMonster: Andre Baptiste Sr. (and Jr.). YMMV on this, but it probably won't.

* NightmareFuel: [[UncannyValley Look at the poster on the main page]].
** And many, many times in the movie itself!

** One can never overstate how much damage people like Yuri do in the world.

* FridgeLogic: Thrice during the movie Yuri has one of his own guns pointed at him. The second time he is shot by a drug dealer he is selling to. So, why does he continue to load these guns before selling them?

** One can never overstate how much Damage men like Yuri are responsible for.

* NightmareFuel: [[UncannyValley Look at the poster on the main page]].

** One can never overstate how much Damage men like Yuri are responsible for

* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Jack Valentine.
** ChaoticNeutral: Vitaly wavers on the edge of this most of the time.
** NeutralEvil: Yuri. He tries to justify his actions, insisting that if he weren't willing to sell arms to unsavory people like the Baptistes [[NecessaryEvil somebody else would be]], and at one point insists that there's nothing illegal about the way he makes his living, but he's almost completely selfish and amoral and is perfectly willing to take actions that lead directly to other people suffering and dying if they will benefit him in even a relatively trivial way.
*** LawfulEvil: Yuri could also be argued as this. He lives by a code, he tends to prefer legality and his evil is strictly business.
** ChaoticEvil: Both Baptistes.