Leo's the only saving grace

Rating: 5/10 (31 December 2006)

predictable storyline with passable performances...Jennifer Connelly's wasted in a role she clearly chose for commercial acclaim ...djimon 's acting is nothing we haven't seen before...disturbing violence...the only saving grace of the movie is Leo caprio - who's performance as a south African (complete with a heavy accent) smuggler with a heart is a pleasure to watch! if you HAVE to see the movie, see it for his Oscar worthy performance, after "the departed". The movie is about the concept of "blood diamond" - diamonds mined from war torn (hence "blood") Sierra Leone, where the locals are mercilessly slaughtered and used to get the diamonds for the "bad outsiders"..Djimon's character finds a va-va-voom sized chunk of pink diamond. Leo is the smuggler who wants the diamond. He offers help to Djimon in his quest to find his kidnapped son, and meets Jennifer Connely, a reporter out to uncover the real truth behind te big diamond companies..