Dark, Gritty and Downright Mean!

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2006)

I wanted to see this movie since the first time I saw a trailer for it back in the summer! The movie didn't disappoint!
Danny Archer(DiCaprio) is a smuggler that needs to pay back a former friend after the diamonds he was smuggling were captured and lost to the military.
Once in prison, he overhears a diamond mine leader question Solomon (Hounsou) about "... where is the big diamond?" That peaks Archer to push Solomon to show him the diamond and then all heck breaks loose!
Obviously, the screenwriter injects a fictional storyline to tell the story of blood diamonds, or conflict diamonds in the Sierra Leone. It works and works well! Very violent and vicious in the telling but easily Oscar worthy performances from Hounsou and DiCaprio. Both were good and reacted well with one another! Hounsou was good because of Dicaprio and Dicaprio was good because of Hounsou!
Just an awesome story and acting to boot... NO KIDS!! Don't even think about sneaking them in for this one!!! WAY TOO MEAN AND VIOLENT!!!