Director - Edward Zwick
Release Date: 8 December 2006
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio , Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Arnold Vosloo
Summary:
After an attack on his village by the RUF (Revolutionary United Front) Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is forced to work in the diamond mines of Kono. His wife and daughter can escape, but his son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is forced to join the RUF as a child soldier.
Just when Solomon finds a huge diamond and tries to hide it from Captain Poison (David Harewood), the RUF camp leader, government forces attack and Solomon is imprisoned together with the Captain. In prison, diamond smuggler and former mercenary Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) overhears Solomon’s and Poison’s dispute about the diamond and makes plans to recover the diamond for himself. One little bribe later, Archer and Vandy are released from prison, and Danny makes an offer - he will help Vandy to find his family in exchange for the diamond.
Blood Diamond DVD Cover
In the disguise of a journalist and his cameraman and with the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) they join a group of international reporters on their way to the Kono area. But they are not the only ones who want this diamond - Captain Poison and mercenary Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo) also want to get them in their hands, and it is a long way to where the diamond is buried in the red sands of civil war-stricken Sierra Leone …
“Blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds” are diamonds illegally smuggled out of war-zones and sold for the purpose of buying weapons. The movie takes place during the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991 - 2002), when the RUF tried to overthrow the government and was notorious for hacking off hands of civilians.
Review:
As usual another excellent movie by Leonardo Di Caprio, the movie is filled with thrill and action just as promised!
My Honest Rating: 8.5/10
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