Absolutely brilliant film

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2007)

An excellent film, with very good acting from DiCaprio (I expected otherwise...). It does a very good job at illustrating the conflict between the Government and Rebels in Sierra Leone in the 1990s, and how the global thirst for diamonds makes this problem worse.
Incredible special effects, and use of natural aesthetics make it great to watch, whilst still leaving enough up to ones imagination to make it enjoyable to almost any individual.
As well as having an interesting storyline managing to capture the problem of diamonds on the status of Sierra Leone, the film also has a very emotional side, such as during the last scene with Archer.
A wonderful soundtrack by James Newton Howard accompanies Blood Diamond, making it a film that is both visually and audibly satisfying.
5 stars!!