I was lead to believe that the movie was entertaining. Two-thumbs up and all that stuff. The message behind the movie is typified by the Interpol agent trying to arrest Cage for anything. One of the messages was clearly that the AK-47 was a killing machine and responsible, not the wacko's in Aftrica or other places where it is used. The movie is propaganda for the UN's small arms ellimination effort. I didn't see them looking for merchants selling machetes?

"In Africa's worst killing spree in modern history, an estimated 500,000 Tutsis were massacred by rival Hutu tribesmen in Rwanda in 1994. But the weapons used were machetes, not firearms."

The final message was pointed toward the corrupt nature of the five Securtiy Council member nations... USA, Great Britian, France, China, and Russia. The release of Cage near the end typifies the alledged corruptness of the US. But, I found the release to reflect reality for the most part.