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Blood Diamond is a story set not too many years ago in Africa.  It’s about the diamond business, and how smugglers and rebels exploited innocent people for the money that came from selling diamonds.  This is a very violent movie, with some very disturbing images, so be prepared – the R rating is there for this reason.

Leonardo DiCapro proves that he is one of the best actors of this generation.  He pulls off an accent on top of heavy emotional lifting throughout the film.  And he manages to be the likeable bad guy, a smuggler with major rooting factor, strong and smart and charming.  Jennifer Connelly is the American journalist he befriends.  This is a change of pace role for her, she gets to be funny and feisty.  Even in the African heat and dust she is naturally beautiful, and she uses her smile as a passport around the country.  Djimon Hinsou will take your breath away as the African fisherman who is kidnapped and forced to work in the diamond mines.  After his escape, he and Leo become reluctant allies in the quest to find a hidden diamond and his kidnapped son.

Strong story, very moving.  The ending is a bit rushed and tied up too neatly, but it lets you finally exhale.  Better to see this as a matinee, less chance of nightmares!

 


 

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Blood Diamond (2006)

R 143 min - Drama, Thriller, Action - 7 December 2006
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An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Director:  Edward Zwick
Stars:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen, Marius Weyers, Stephen Collins, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Ato Essandoh, David S. Lee, Percy Matsemela, Klemens Becker, Grant Swanby, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Tyrone Keogh

Storyline

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.


Tagline: It Will Cost You Everything

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action

Details

Country:   Germany,   United States of America
Language:  Afrikaans, English
Release Date:  7 December 2006

Box Office

Budget:  $100,000,000
Revenue:  $170,877,916

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Bedford Falls Productions, Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG., Virtual Studios, Spring Creek Productions, Warner Bros., Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Liberty Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 23 min
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