a beautiful movie made right from the heart with beautiful message

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2012)

Blood Diamond was a great hard-hitting movie with heart-felt story and brave performance by Leanardo Dicaprio and Djimon Hounsou. The Story
West Africa is dominated by diamond smugglers who are capturing the poor and innocent people to use them as a slave for digging out the diamond stones underneath the ground. A fisherman is captured and forced to work there. During one such operation , he finds a big piece of diamond which he hides at secret place. Leonardo Dicaprio is hired by mafia to find the man and search for the diamond. The Review Directed by Edward Zwick ( The Last Samurai ) , Blood Diamond is a path breaking film never attempted by any on silver screen. Right from the beginning , the film is hard-hitting and gives a sympathetic feeling for innocent fisherman and their kids who are brain-washed by the diamond mafia and turned into a terrorist. Leonardo's character starts off with negative vibes but his transformation into good human being is the highlight of the film. Few scenes do stand out. The jail scene where Solomon vents out his anger at the mafia leader. The interaction between Leonardo and Djimon in the beginning and how they become friends and help each is the highlight of the film. Hats off to Edward Zwick for making a brave film like. It really takes courage to showcase how a small piece of diamond can bring in a huge difference when it sold in European countries. Screenplay holds your attention right from the beginning and is crispy. Cinematography is awesome capturing the rough terrain of Africa with aplomb. Background score goes well with the film. Leonardo Dicaprio is superb. His transformation from a bad-ass army guy into a good human being with big-heart is captured appropriately. Djimon Honsou completely surprises you with powerful performances. He get into a character of a man who must do anything to protect his family. Jennifer Connelly provide ample support to the star cast. The Bottomline Overall , a beautiful movie made right from the heart with beautiful message. Highly recommended 4.5/5