Blood Diamond is a must-see

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2006)

For a while I used to think Leo DiCaprio was a half-baked actor. Though THE AVIATOR was a good flick and was well-portrayed, it wasn't the kind of character I wanted to see him as. In BLOOD DIAMOND, Leo's Danny Archer, a white African mercenary working for the highest bidder, is the kind of character I like to see.
Usually when I think of Africa, many things come to my mind: names like Mobutu Sese Seko, Idi Amin, Colonel Muammar Qadaffi, Marshal Omar Bashir, Mohammed Farrah Aidid; warlords and displaced governments; genocide; civil wars; CHAOS. BLOOD DIAMOND has all that and more. When you think of the Afrikaner people, Apartheid probably comes to mind. However, Apartheid is the least of our characters' worries.
If you like bling-blang and edge of your seat action, then BLOOD DIAMOND is for you. I am an action junkie myself, and LOVE paramilitary quest and buddy movies. I also like it when the movie draws me in so much that I'm swinging punches as the good guy is fighting the bad guy. This movie is by far one of the best this year has had to offer, and by far it is the return of Leo DiCaprio, if not the First Coming.
Djimon Honsou gives a performance so passionate and authentic that his character and his story are unbelievably believable. His character would probably need a shrink after what he goes through.
I would give BLOOD DIAMOND five stars on a four-star scale... that's how good it was. If you are at all interested in seeing this film, SEE IT! It's worth every second of its 2 hr 18 min run.