A great Film

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2007)

Blood Diamond ***1/2 out of **** The people of the United States are known to be huge consumers. What these consumers don't know is the history of what they are buying. For instance, that shirt made in Korea, or your game system made in Japan, or how about that diamond ring found in Africa.
Blood Diamond is the story of a smuggler, an African native and a journalist in the country of Sierra Leone at a time of Civil War. By the first ten minutes of this film, we know how violent it's going to get when a Rebel Group of fighters, the RUF, come into a village and terrorize it's peaceful citizen. What do these guys want. Strong abled bodies to do their Diamond Mining. What about the rest of the people. Kill them.
Djimon Hounsou is Solomon Vandy, one of the villagers that the rebels have taken hostage. He is forced to mine for Diamonds. While on the job, he stumbles upon a huge 100 karat Diamond. He buries the diamond as the area is being secured by armed forces against the RUF.
Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a diamond smuggler who finds Solomon while in a jail house. He hears that Solomon has found a priceless Diamond and comes up with a plan to use Solomon to get that diamond. He offers to help find Solomon's family.
Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) is a journalist looking for a story to expose the Diamond Scheme to the First World Nations. She wants Archers story.
The film is a violent adventure that exposes the real life violence in Africa because of US consumer needs. Leonardo DiCarprio (Nominated for Oscar)gives an awesome performance despite his accent. Jennifer Connelly gives a convincing performance as Maddy Brown, she is everything; Sexy, Sensitive, Brave and Smart all at once. The best performance of the movie goes to Djimon Hounsou(Nominated for Best Supporting Actor,) the refugee searching for his family. Above all, we want to see his character come out on top.
The villains in this film are deep and we really hate them because they are, plain and simple, bad dudes you don't want to mess with. They will stop at nothing, including having children kill innocent people.
Once again, the film is violent, but this kind of film has to be violent to get it's point across. The reality of this country is violent, it is gruesome and yet the western world closes their eyes and soaks up the benefits.