The Notorious Mr. Bout Review

Notorious Mr. Bout, The
This documentary charts the amoral world of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who, over a long career selling weapons to the world's least desirable people, has more than earned the nickname "the merchant of death”.

by Patrick Peters |
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Release Date:

15 Aug 2014

Running Time:

88 minutes

Certificate:

12A

Original Title:

Notorious Mr. Bout, The

The twisted morality of the arms trade comes under scrutiny in this compelling profile of Viktor Bout, the Russian who deemed weapons just another saleable commodity. Packed with jaw-dropping footage, this has to be seen to be disbelieved.

Just as brazen and just as aware of his own theatricality as Nicolas Cage in The Lord Of War (a character based on Bout himself), the arms dealer is one of the year's most strangely compelling antiheroes.
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