Lord Of War Page #5

He misses you. We both do.

It's lonely without you here.

You know I don't like nights.

Ever since my parents...

Yuri, what's that?

A party.

I'd better go.

Just wanted to call and hear your voice.

Kiss Nicki for me.

I love you.

The pillaging didn't die with my uncle.

After The Wall came down

$32 billion billion dollars worth of arms

were stolen and resold from

Ukraine alone,

one of the greatest heists of the

Monrovia, Liberia - 1995

The primary market was Africa.

Eleven major conflicts involving

thirty-two countries in less than a decade...

A gunrunner's wet dream.

At the time, the West couldn't care less.

They had a white war in what was

left of Yugoslavia.

I did the bulk of my business in Liberia...

"Land of the Free." Originally

established as a homeland for

freed American slaves,

it's been enslaved by one dictator

or another ever since.

The latest was American-educated,

self declared president, Andre Baptiste.

Mr. Yuri!

I'm Andre Baptiste, Junior.

My father would like to meet you.

What an honor.

Thank him.

But unfortunately I have other business.

It's a shame, it's a very busy schedule.

It is not, as they say, optional.

My father is easily offended.

My schedule just freed up.

President Baptiste was my best customer

but I was in no hurry to meet him.

He'd gotten a reputation for

routinely hacking off the

limbs of those who opposed him.

His seven-year civil war has been

described...

as "a relentless campaign of

sadistic wanton violence."

That kind of sums up Andy for me.

The Glock is interesting.

It's made of a polymer composite.

Many of my clients feel they can

get through airport security

without setting off a lot of bells

and whistles.

Personally I do not recommend that.

On the other hand,

if you are looking for a traditional

wheel gun,

there is no substitute for the six inches

of muzzle energy of a.357 magnum.

And of course, it will never jam.

Why did you do that?

What did you say?

Now you'll have to buy it.

It's a used gun.

How can I sell a used gun?

A used gun.

A used gun.

That's a good one.

You know there is no discipline

with the youth today.

I try to set an example but it is

difficult, eh?

Personally, I blame MTV.

A used gun.

I think you and I, we can do business.

If I thought I was scared of

Andre Senior,

I knew I was scared of Andre Junior.

Like father, like son.

The guava doesn't fall too far

from the tree.

He was also a cannibal.

They say Andre would eat a victim's heart

while it was still beating

to give him superhuman strength.

Monrovia itself was like being on

another planet.

Planet Monrovia.

From the temperature,

it was obviously a planet close to

the sun.

I rarely saw another white man,

and I never left town alone.

Outside town was the edge of hell.

I didn't want to even gaze into it.

This is your hotel. Two stars.

Can you bring me the gun of Rambo?

Part one, two, or three?

I've only seen part one.

The M-60.

Would you like the armor-piercing

bullets?

Please.

My father left a welcoming

present in your room.

Enjoy.

My God, she nearly got her head cut off.

When I get to America,

I will not live in Brentwood.

Second floor.

In the most AIDS-infested region

of the globe...

where one in four is infected...

Andre's idea of a joke was to put

a young Iman and a young Naomi

in my bed.

And no condom within 100 miles.

Hello, Mr. Yuri.

Hi.

We'd be happy to make you happy.

Uh, I can't. I'd love to.

But I can't.

Don't worry.

We don't have anything.

How do you know?

Do we look like it?

What if I have AIDS?

Don't you worry?

You worry too much.

Why do you worry about

something that

can kill you in ten years

when there are so many things

that can kill you today?

Now...

...how can we make you happy?

By leaving.

These are my Kalashnikov Kids.

My Boy Brigades.

I can see what you are thinking,

but we need every man we can get.

Even if they're not men?

A bullet from a fourteen-year-old...

...is just as effective as one from

a forty-year-old.

Often more effective.

No one can stop this bath of blood.

It's not "bath of blood."

It's "bloodbath."

Thank you.

But I prefer it my way.

I am not going to pay your asking price.

We are not a rich people.

And besides,

the market is already flooded with

your Kalashnikovs.

Do you realize in some parts of

my country

you can get one for the price of a chicken?

But you can't just consider unit price.

You forget ancillary costs.

End-user certificates need to be

forged and notarized,

Shell companies set up,

insurance purchased,

pilots and crews hired.

Not to mention bribes.

You can't get a nut and bolt out

of the Eastern Bloc without a bribe.

There's one bribe for the nut,

another for the bolt.

Andy... Andy, listen to me.

This is an expensive proposition.

"Andy"?

I am going to pay you in timber or stones.

I'll take the stones.

It's kind of hard to get a tree trunk

into my hand luggage.

I know you're planning a new offensive.

If you can delay a week,

I can get you armored personnel carriers.

They'd greatly reduce your casualties...

...and give you a significant

strategic advantage.

You know, they call me

the Lord Of War.

But perhaps it is you.

It's not "Lord Of War," it's "Warlord."

Thank you, but I prefer it my way.

Conflict diamonds are a common

currency in West Africa,

also referred to as "blood diamonds"

since bloodshed is what they

generally finance.

By the late '90s, my wealth had caught up

to my lies about my wealth.

Even surpassed my lies.

I could even afford to become a

patron of the arts.

It's just that I can't believe it.

Well, of... of course, it's wonderful.

I just...

I didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Yes. Well, that wou-that would be

great, too yeah.

It's wonderful. Thank you so much.

It's... Yuri. Okay, thank you. Bye.

Yuri, that was the dealer on the phone.

I just sold my first painting.

Aah! That's fantastic.

Uh, who bought it?

It's someone important.

They want to remain anonymous.

This is so wonderful!

How was your trip?

You know, same old, same old.

Where's Nicki?

Oh, in bed, I'm sorry.

He couldn't stay up.

That's best.

My first painting!

I'm officially an artist!

This calls for a drink.

What doesn't?

Hi.

Yuri, this is uh...

Candy.

Candy. Of course.

Any friend of my brother's is a...

friend of my brother's.

You have a beautiful... everything.

Yes, he does.

Yes, I do.

I'm going to kiss Nicki goodnight.

Okay.

How are you, brother?

Well, you know,

still the resident family fuckup.

Yeah. Well, I guess someone has

to do it.

Well.

Hey, Ava knows, right?

I never want to say anything,

She doesn't have to know.

She understands.

She's a survivor, like me.

She may be a survivor,

but she's not like you.

Really She doesn't know

how you pay for all this

We don't talk about it.

How many car salesman talk

about their work? Huh?

How many cigarette salesmen?

Both their products kill more people

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