Solomon Vandy searches to find his captured son, family, and sell the precious pink diamond he has found.

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2014)

Blood Diamond Movie Review Overall Rating: 9.5
The movie Blood Diamond was a fabulous movie. It was filled with suspense, violence, action, as well as heartfelt connections that are built with Solomon Vandy and his family.
Throughout the movie, I was constantly kept on the edge of my seat by the action packed scenes with the village being captured, the gun violence, and the fear of any of the characters dying at any moment. The movie does have scenes with blood and gore, but not an excessive amount, keeping it suitable for almost all audiences.
Leonardo DiCaprio, as Danny, and Djimon Hounsou, as Solomon, were both incredible actors throughout and always kept me entertained. Leo used his accent very well, making him a likable character in my perspective.
As for the love aspect of the movie, I felt very bad for Solomon and the loss of his family and repeatedly hoped that he would make it through the attacks and violent scenes in order to find his family and his captured son, Dia, who he had high hopes for to one day be a doctor. Danny Archer picks up an interesting relationship with a reporter that comes in, Maddy Bowen, who follows him around trying to get as much information out of him as possible in order to help educate the rest of the world about the current situation there in Africa.
Overall, Blood Diamond has to be one of my favorite movies. It has just enough action, relationships, and shocking scenes to keep me interested the whole time and make me grow attachments to many of the characters throughout. I would recommend this movie to all audiences, and also mention that not only is it a great movie but it is also very educational towards the problem that is still happening across the world with the blood diamond industry.