"Blood Diamond" is an important action film that has everything you need in cinema!

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2014)

The diamond trade in Africa is one of the most depressing and saddening struggles the modern world is experiencing. People are killed over diamonds and are put into dangerous working conditions that have extreme punishments for the manufactures. Realistic fiction is a powerful way to bring up this current issue, and Edward Zwick directs "Blood Diamond" in perfection with a strong cast and roller-coaster of a plot. Leonardo Dicaprio stars as a Rhodesian diamond smuggler named Danny Archer who works for a corrupt diamond company in London. While vising in Sierra Leone in order to confiscate diamonds, he comes in contact with Solomon Vandy, a fisherman played powerfully by Djimon Houson who lost his son by rebels who turn him into a child soldier. However, Vandy was able to find a huge pink diamond that he buried for safety. Archer makes him a deal to find his son if he gets the diamond. The two men team up with a beautiful journalist played by Jennifer Connelly who works to get a story about diamond smuggling. All three characters are deeply moved by their experiences. This film covers so many boundaries and is filmed in a kinetic and powerful way. Edward Zwick gets mind-blowing footage of Sierra Leone and focuses on the sorrow and the beauty of the dangerous lands. He captures spectacular wildlife and culture as well as extreme violence that will leave you speechless. Some scenes in Blood Diamond are very hard to watch, while others are used for exciting entertainment that is balanced excellently. The editing is very strong that has excellent sound and visual effects, but also gets footage evenly and lengths each scene to help organize the heavy plot. Every actor is spectacular. Leonardo Dicaprio gives a flawless performance who shows a two-sided man that you will love and hate throughout the compelling story. Djimon Houson is excellent and is a very likable man that will make you feel for him in scenes where he looses his emotions. "Blood Diamond" takes on a saddening issue that needs attention. This film has a perfect ending but is a dream of what the ending results will be. With excellent entertainment, film making and impeccable character development, "Blood Diamond" stirs up the attention the dark continent needs in order to assure peace and will give the audience a powerful and perfectly constructed work of cinematic nature.