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Arnold Vosloo, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kagiso Kuypers
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer--a South African mercenary--and Solomon Vandy--a Mende fisherman. Both men are Afri...( read more
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An harrowing action-adventure and an social commentary at the same time. Djimon Hounsou's performance will move you to cheers and tears.
A fisherman caught up in the civil war of Sierra Leone reluctanctly teams up with an amoral smuggler to retrieve a precious stone in the hope that it will secure freedom for his family. Edward Zwick has made a career of making worthy adventure-with-a-message movies which have ten...( read more)
Wow. at times this movie seemed a bit drawn out more than necessary, but at the end of the movie -- which, by the way, was one extremely powerful ending -- the entire plot and flow in hindsight was necessary to bring out the story as seen from the eyes of the insider to the conf...( read more)
A good film that highlights important issues that many have forgotten or never even knew about. It?s a shame then when a contrived Hollywood varnish is coated on what could have been a five star film! Still, worth watching though!
Very very good hard hitting emotional film of real life tradgedy. Decaprio is excellent and nails his slimy SA role (best performance yet) and Hounsou is also excellent as usual (a close Gladiator beater) making the whole film tremendous in both performance, location and looks.
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How much times Leonardo di Caprio has to die in a film before Academy giving him this damn Oscar?
The film is a compromize between a violent and realistic tale and a clichè story, but it really smells as Africa.
A great movie that will honestly move you, the acting was superb as was the story. There are many literal heart pounding moments in this film. Watch it, it will blow you away.
