Dynamic thriller that opened my eyes

Rating: 7/10 (3 June 2007)

My expectations were more than fulfilled with a great story that opened my eyes wider. Leonardo Di Caprio proofed again that he is one of the best actors on earth. He has still very much potential left to deliver other interesting performances. I liked very much his role and how clever he played it likely in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. I have also great respect for Djimon Hounsou because he acted the father-son relation in a very touching way till the end. The soundtrack from composer James Newton Howard was as usual wonderful. I was very surprised that an important part of the world's diamonds are coming from such violent and bloody places in Africa and I am very happy that all the stuff did have this courage to open our eyes. All is very well packed in a clear message to the responsible authorities and also to all smokers. What I didn't like therefore is it was 30 minutes too long but anyway, there were enough fast paced scenes with lot of action that compensate this overlong thriller. Rating: 7/10. If you liked this one you shouldn't miss TEARS FOR THE SUN, HOTEL RWANDA or THE CONSTANT GARDENER.