A documentary in which you end up with more questions then when you started. The Notorious Mr. Bout is an entertaining documentary about Victor Bout, who most will know as “the merchant of death”. A savvy businessman and an aspiring documentation, we get incredible access to Mr. Bout’s private video collection which chronicles his journey from a small town businessman to supposed international arms dealer. In a weird sense, the documentary takes a fairly neutral stance on whether or not Bout was guilty of the crimes he was accused of. The filmmakers did not have any videos of Bout trading arms, which obviously begs the question of how much of the video collection was actually available (or destroyed before the film). The film also sparks the question of what actually is international arms dealing and how does one actually get into it. Since Bout and his wife (who acts as a narrator somewhat) maintain their innocence, I guess it’s only fair that none of these issues where discussed. An entertaining 90 minutes nonetheless
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