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.
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Cast
Michael Sheen, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Klemens Becker, Jimi Mistry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Basil Wallace, Arnold Vosloo, Grant Swanby, Ato Essandoh, Tyrone Keogh, David S. Lee, Kagiso Kuypers, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David Harewood, Marius Weyers, Stephen Collins, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine , Percy Matsemela
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Reviews
100
Essentially a romantic adventure story with politics in the background--an old-fashioned movie, I suppose, but exciting and stunningly well made.
88
Premiere
Not that Diamond skimps on the social commentary; far from it. But it makes its points without too much breast-beating, caching its polemic within a tough-minded entertainment.
80
Given that the movie doesn't have a single narrative surprise--you always know where it's going and why, commercially speaking, it's going there--it's amazing how good Blood Diamond is. I guess that's the surprise.
75
It's a solid performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who has grown into this sort of "gritty" role and is more believable after having been seen dancing on the dark side in "The Departed."
70
To the unlikely role of a Bogart-esque reluctant hero, Leonardo DiCaprio brings an intensity that compels even when the script falters.
