Like a diamond this film Has no flaws.

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2006)

Blood Diamond.
Its been a while since I've been to the movie theaters and become inspired by a film intended to entertain, inform, and look at humanity in a way I never thought possible. Not since a film called Sarafina! have I felt this compassionate towards the struggles of 3rd world countries. Blood Diamond is a film about the price of truth, freedom, and fortune, that poses you to ask where all this bling bling comes from.
As an actor I am amazed by this movie. The accents, the emotion, the story line. This is a film that made me forget I was in a movie theater, but thank God that I was. The heart ripping opening scene captured my attention forcing me to watch this epic unfold. Knowing that the main objective was the diamond for Danny Archer (Leonardo Dicaprio) and the Son for Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsoumade) and the story for Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) made the twists and turns of this film exciting and an adventure.
Seeing exactly what 2 million refugees living in camps looks like is an emotion I have never felt before. The one clear envelope I can see this film pushing is a brief awareness. A glimpse at a way of life I never thought existed. I can begin to understand now how diamonds play a part in war trading. I can begin to understand how the rebels would loose their humanity and to live like animals. And I can begin to understand that the connection between father and son never dies.
The unfortunate thing about the topic of this film is that it is not glamorous. People don't get excited to see stories about African villages being torn apart and forced to struggle for what we call nothing. Thats why it is unique that these stars have taken the time to fully develop characters that show us the truth about what we don't see everyday, and make it beautiful. Just like a diamond, this film has no flaws.