Powerful, moving and extremely good

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2007)

First off I want to say this. This is an extremely powerful movie that will leave an incredibly guilty feeling inside you. This film is unflinchingly graphic (which may seem a bad, in-your-face thing but it is just showing the brutality without any sugar-coating) and incredibly moving. This is helped by some amazing performances, great directing and an intriguing plot. Edward Zwick handles the material quite well and shows us the harsh truth about the diamond mining in Africa during the time of Civil War. All this is helped by great actors. DiCaprio is great in his role as Danny Archer, a white South African diamond smuggler. His accent isn't bad at all considering he only had a month to perfect it. Jennifer Connelly is her usual stunning self as Maddy Bowen, a journalist. The stand-out actor here is Djimon Hounsou who gives a powerful performance as Solomon Vandy, the man who finds the "Blood Diamond."
I can honestly say this movie moved me quite a bit and I was impressed that it was Hollywood-ized.
4½/5.