'Are You Paying Attention?' | Lord Of War 

This was honestly one of Nicolas Cage's best films, and it just never gets old lol.

Ethan Hawke said multiple times this scene is one of the most proud moments of his career and he loved working with Nicolas Cage

He effectively said, "Nothings going to happen to me, because we both have the same boss."

Ethan Hawke killing it with the pain on his face when the door knock comes. The disbelief, the quiet indignation. Great acting.

You could hear a needle drop in the theater, and then the knock. I'll never forget the audience's reaction. What a great film!

Nic Cage was born to play this role.

One of the many interesting things about this scene is how really, they're both broken men in the end. Yuri because the people he cares about are either dead or have left him. And even though it's clear that he no longer loves this business, it's all he has left. The only reason he's allowed to go free is because his skills are useful. And Valentine because the "justice" he so firmly believed in winds up being a farce. The man he spent years hunting down will go free because the powers that be are less interested in justice for the dead than they are in having a convenient weapon to use against their enemies. And for a moment, not only did Yuri understand Valentine but I think Valentine truly understood Yuri. And that's why Valentine said, "I would tell you to go to hell, but I think you're already there." He knew that at this point, Yuri's worst punishment is living with who he is. And that's perhaps the great capstone of Yuri's story: in the end, after everyone is dead and gone, the one person left who understands Yuri the best is the man who hates him the most.

The way Jack goes from triumphantly smug and righteous to being humbled and mortified is amazing.

This is such a well crafted scene. Both Ethan and Yuri lost more than they won. Yuri lost his family and everyone he cares about. Ethan lost his faith in justice. Yuri won by getting the case thrown. Ethan won by finally cornering Yuri. But this scene makes those victories hollow.

Ethan Hawke really sells the crushing feeling he gets with just a simple facial expression - the look of pain after Yuri tells him what is about to *really* happen, and that in this world the good guys like Valentine finish last most of the time, the very fast realization that they're actually personally quite alike, and the realization that Yuri has been in his own private prison in his mind for a while.

Those gestures , those eyes , those face changes...all about these 4 minutes is soooo worked up with passion and attention. Only the face of the investigator alone , when Cage tells him the near future is an Oscar worth

And this is why, even after countless disasters, we all still anticipate the next Nicholas Cage movie.

A truly powerful scene. Idealism against reality.

2:34 "...and while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the president of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day that I do in a year..." For me, this is the very core of all this movie. The hypocrisy of a system rigged from the top, where that very top can be designing and committing war crimes left and right while at the same time be condemning either scapegoats (like this smaller private arms dealer) or point at other countries (Russia for example). The very quote at the end of the movie: the main arms dealers in the world are the U.S., U.K., Russia, France and China... which coincidentally are the five members of the U.N. Security Council and are the ones that can veto any act of war or peace in spite of what the rest of the world wants and demands.

One of the times where Nic Cage fully disappears into a role.

Love the look on Hawke's face even before the knock when he gets the dots connected for him and realizes of course its true.

We traded this man for a WNBA player lmaooooo

The inspector knew cage was telling the truth before the knock even came. You could see it on his face.

This shows that Nic is in fact capable of subtle acting. His matter of fact tone and his initial loss of words makes the things he says so much more impactful and believable than any degree of hamming it up or cartoony and narcissistic villainy ever could.

How to completely shatter one's world view in 3 minutes---Nicolas Cage

That man's soul left his body when those three knocks hit.

I've probably watched this scene dozens of times at this point and it still never gets old. The chemistry between Cage and Hawke is great.

*Best and most important scene in the movie. The truth about the USA's Military Industrial Complex*

Cage is a example of giving an actor good writing and he truly becomes the character

3:15 the lighting here is perfect along with Ethan Hawke's performance. Part of him sees reason in Yuri's argument and the other part wants to make sure that justice gets done, so half his face is lit with red light and the other half with blue while he considers what Yuri just said. Then the knock comes at the door just like he told him it would.

Sergeant Barnes in 'Platoon': "There's the way it ought to be, and there's the way it is". Marlo Stanfield in 'The Wire': "You want it to be one way, but it's not. It's the other way".

I love this scene. Was brilliantly written, acted, directed and edited. Everyone gets a gold star.

You can see the absolute defeat in Jack's face when that knock comes.

This is one of the best parts of this movie. I have watched it so many times &, ironically enough, never got tired of it. Cage's performance is awesome. Ethan Hawke's performance is awesome. I have no idea how they picked up such actors, best-suited pair of artists. I just love it!!!!

I love how in this movie they portray the INTERPOL as some sort of global super police so they can create a single character played by Ethan Hawke to oppose Nicholas Cage and to simplify and personalize the conflict between the 2 men when in reality it would likely have been a faceless global task force cooperating via INTERPOL coordination made up local police between the states where Cage's character operates on.

The look on Ethan Hawkes face when he hears the knock? Priceless! And the best part of Nick Pages Monologe? It is all true! Good Evil who care as long as your stick (weapons) is bigger than that of you enemy.

There are people two kinds of people: 1. Someone who understands reality; 2. Someone who has trouble understanding and accepting reality.

This is now life imitating art.

Such an underrated movie. Absolutely great.

Ha! Jack Valentine just spent an entire Interpol budget arresting this guy for nothing 😆

and the general probably said: we have a basketball player who was caught with drugs that needs to be traded.

It's that small twitch in his mouth, the sudden drop of his eyebrows, and the slight pause before he says his brother's dead that really leave a mark. It's those little details that shows you how great of an actor Nicholas Cage is when he's made to get serious.

As far as documentaries go, this is one of the better ones.

Damn, Jake did well after training day

I love his face at 3:09 when he slowly realizes he's right.

No matter how many times I watch that scene, I just can't help smiling when I hear that knock on that door.

I like to think that the brass waited outside the door for Yuri to finish before they knocked

That "I would tell you to go to hell" line was a cinematic MASTERPIECE

You can truly see the pain in Agent Valentines eyes hoping for it to be untrue

"Are you paying attention?" Said by the man who was sadly not paying attention.

Don't worry Merchant of Death our current President traded you for a giant "B" Lesbian 😂

“I would tell you to go to hell, but I think you’re already there.” Is such a great line.

He pretty much flipped the entire interrogation around on him and it felt like he was the integrator at the end

In a world of war by proxy, people like Yuri are untouchable

Must say Fantastic performance from both of them,and at the same time very true what had be said in this scene .

"I would tell you to go to hell, but you're already there." It was literally the only comeback he had, cause deep down as Yuri spelled it out for him, he knew he was right. This was one of Nic Cage's best movies in my mind post Face/Off and Con Air. He played a gun running villain who was despicable but not in the 'he deserves to lose' kind of way. But more in the 'I get why he's doing it and actually wished he got to keep going' kind of way. Sadly for him, his brother's conscience cost him his life on the deal that inevitably got him pinched upon reentry into the country. His wife following him to his storage container was the true clincher. Yet he proved to be serviceable enough to where he was worth saving by those with enough pull to do it.

Lord of War is one of those 'sleeper' movies. You've heard of it. And then you decide to watch it... and you're blown away by it. Just a good movie. Great story. Solid acting all around. Fantastic payoff in the closing act. Definitely a solid choice

and no music. Just, pure dialogue. Great Timing (e.g. when Hawke after the Knock just moves his Eyes.) Man, what a fantastic movie.

How is Nic Cage the hands-down worst actor on the planet playing some roles, then so bafflingly brilliant in ones like this? It's maddening.

A phenomenal movie. What a fantastic scene!

Annndd this dude just walked 😂

"Let me tell you what's going to happen, a photo op with a BIPOC LBGT+Qi couple is way more important than a former marine" "You're free to go !"

Great last line by Hawke

The lighting and photography of the scene are both simple and beautiful. There are at least three purposes behind it. 1 : The colors used, cold blue and bright orange, are almost complementary, and they work well to bring some texture and contrast in the image. 2 : The left side represents the past, and the right side is the future. Yuri's face is black and blue on the left side of the screen, while the right side is bright orange. His past is cold and dark, yet his future is assured. On the opposite side, the fbi agent has a bright past that leads to a dead end : Yuri's going to be released, and he can't do anything about that. 3 : This opposition in the lighting of the characters also serves to show who's the real dominant here. Back it up with the difference in movements, calm on one side, almost erratic on the other, and you understand almost immediately that Yuri has a plan and will get out victorious of this confrontation. Now, all of that, is in full paradoxe with what the characters are saying : Yuri is clearly the vilain, by his own words, the fbi agent is a "good guy" with morally good intentions. But at the same time, we hear them expose this reality about them, we are shown, visually, using light and color that the ending of the scene will be unjust. And that paradoxe between what is shown and what is tell, creates the very momentum of the scene. It's nothing revolutionary or uncommon in cinema, but it's very well done.

The look.on hus face when he hears the knock on the door. Priceless

This movie was so good, and such a cast. And Nicolas was so good, still he is. Saw Pig with him, very good, a must see. Thanks for reminding me the greatness of that scene.

Nic cage is the purest actor in movies today. He always give it 💯, no Fs given to script, director, studio, etc, and doesn’t cherry pick roles. Just acts. That might be a career flaw but it also makes him great.

"Let me tell you what's going to happen. They're going to trade me for a second rate America hating basketball player who got caught smoking weed."

"You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, im a necessary evil." - That line was cold.

I love this entire part of the movie, it honestly describe how things really work.

Ethan Hawke doesn't even argue about it. He knows Cage is right.

One of the great scenes.

This scene smashed the image of a 'ITS A NICE CARING LOVELY WORLD' to pieces. Brutally true.

That movie was not an action or triller movie, it was a DOCUMENTARY.

I love the eye shift when the knock comes on the door and the obvious emotion behind his facial movements. Great acting.

my dream if i was arrested for stealing from a grocery store. "my family has disowned me, my wife and son has left me, my brother is dead, i appreciate the seriousness of this situation. But I will never spend a single second in a court room. Let me tell you whats going to happen."

Alot of truth in this scene, and I would not doubt that this happens all the time.

One of my top favorite scenes from the movie. A moment where you forget they're acting and they've become the character, imo.

Im overdue for a rewatch on this.

3:11, dude is about to cry. I feel for him.

Amazing speech, just like the end of 3 days of the condor !

Hard to believe Nic went from this to Wickerman just a year later.

I will watch movie this again and again. Fantastic film. Arguably Cage’s best.

When Cage is on it... you get this genius and the likes of Leaving Las Vegas (another brilliant Cage performance) but if he isn't.... well.

My god cage can act if he wants to

Great cinematography with the colours

Crazy that this is who we traded Brittney Griner for...

One of the best movies ever made and Nic Cage was perfect for this role 👌

ONE OF THESE DAYS I HAVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Love that last line.

Can't wait for sequel

The reason his wife had such a dislike of guns and especially black arms deal is because her father was in charge of payroll at the construction site he worked at. So criminals armed with illegal guns broke into her home when she was a child and killed her parents in order to get the money that her father was in charge of.

That knock on door The most holllow sound ever heard

This was just so on point, I was waiting on Nic to flip the table at some point...😅 Glad he toughed it out. Chillssss

I remember back in 2005 dragging my then girlfriend and a buddy of mine to see this. They didn't really want to. I just remember the look of intense concentration and interest during this scene. And when that knock on the door happened, half the theatre said " Oh shit". Such a great moment and film.

In the director’s cut, there is a line they left out on this version when Valentine stares into Yuri’s eyes after a good 5 seconds of tense silence when the door knock is heard, and then he tells him, “now I get it, it’s you. You are the Lord of War” and the credits roll. I can see why this is the more popular version though.

An epically acted scene with two actors at the top of their profession.

My second favorite movie of all time. It's such a masterpiece. This scene is always so heartbreaking.

Nic Cage... Great actor given awful roles , he's great when given a role that suits him

the most unrealistic part of the scene is the general standing at parade rest

“i like you” “well maybe not” 😂

Such an underrated gem of a movie.

I was born to watch this movie!

All the stuff Cage’s carector said is true and still goes on today!!! Thats one of the more creepy facts this movie brings to light!!!!

Its hilarious how the line about him getting off is basically true, he walked out of his time.