Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

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Blood Diamond

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  read more... )can, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon--who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields--has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen, an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

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  • January 22, 2008
    An harrowing action-adventure and an social commentary at the same time. Djimon Hounsou's performance will move you to cheers and tears.
  • October 28, 2009
    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)lict diamond. If you're in the mood for a good action-drama movie and have yet to see this one --- see this one.
  • September 29, 2009
    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!
  • April 5, 2009
    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.

    ...( read more)What you see is all the more harrowing as its based on reality which has happened and goes on now as we live. It shows how cruel and evil the human race can be whilst at the same time how decent a person can be when they want to be, its extremely powerful and thought provoking, a true classic.
  • January 22, 2009
    A powerful, outstanding and extroadinary movie. A spectacular triumph. Director, Edward Zwick never fails to deliver a film with such impact with characters and story. It's heart-pounding and adrenilne-pumping. Stunning, thrilling and breathtaking. An unmissiable and unforgettabl...( read more)e film. An explosive and exhilerating action-packed adventure. A gripping, emtionally effective and deeply moving film. Leonardo Dicaprio and Djimon Hounsou both Shine. Dicaprio is remarkable, he gives the performance of his career. Hounsou is astonishing, he's never been better. A film with a serious message that hits us with such a fierce impact. A great gem of a film. Incrediable, pulse-pounding and electrifying. It's brilliant, riveting and well-crafted. Great story, great action, great drama, great performances and a great movie.
  • November 6, 2009
    what a powerful movie. it's really upsetting to see the conflict and war caused over diamonds and disgusting to see how we aren't doing anything and are even making the problem worse by keeping the majority of the diamonds locked up to drive up the prices. diamonds aren't rare. t...( read more)hey're as common as pebbles. gas is rarer than they are. and what's even worse is what's going on in darfur. i mean, they aren't even fighting over anything. they're just killing each other and the U.S. is pretending like nothing is happening. instead, we are over in iraq for no reason when we should really be helping to prevent the mass genocide that's occurring in africa right now.
  • November 4, 2009
    A Sad but wickedly enjoyable movie. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I recently attended an event called We day which was put on by the free the children foundation. At we day there was a child solider from Africa who spoke, and his speech was so powerful. Most of t...( read more)he events in this movie (Concerning child soldiers) are true things that do happen! So it is from my understand that this movie is very realistic, which what makes it so powerful & disturbing at the same time. These events did indeed take place, and they still do in Africa. (Child soldiers) & camps (tent cities). Which is sad, so I hope that after seeing this movie, you are inspired to do something, to help others, to speak out & give a voice to those who have none!
  • November 3, 2009
    tout les personnages sont stéréotipés, on resent bien holywood mais ce film est au-dela de tout... Cela un chez d'oeuvre visuelle par ses paysage, par son scenario mais aussi et surtout par son extraordinaire bande sonore que jai trouver absolument magnifique.
  • November 3, 2009
    Leonardo DiCaprio & Djimon Hounsou &

    a true story(still real), that must be my favorite!
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|

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