Blood Diamond
Dvd release date: 03/27/2007
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou
Director: Edward Zwick
Category: Drama
Rated: R
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). 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 across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside. Directed by Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai), this urgent, intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ** (out of four)
Overall: **1/2 (out of four)
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