Human Greed at any cost

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2007)

I just have to start by saying this is one of the best films of the last 12 months - violent? Yes! Historically correct -probably! Exciting -Yes! Well-acted - Very much so! Good photography - Yes! The list of positives could go on, as there is so much to this movie, and when one now understands the problems and the travails that Sierra Leone endured in the 1990's, the rest of the world should hang its heads in shame. Leonardo de Caprio reaches his peak thus far, and continues to impress more in each movie I've seen him in - his role is very much an umsympathetic one yet he is able to win you over - Jennifer Connelly is very competent in a smaller role, while the supporting cast are superb, with accolades going to the character of Solomon - a tour-de-force achievement. This film will appal, shock and most of all move you in seeing close up man's inhumanity to man because of greed.