Oscar Worthy Indeed.

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2007)

'I am...the cameraman'. A funny quote from this action/thriller/drama flick. This movie really just came out of nowhere for me, it just came and hit me straight in the face, I'm not a Leonardo Dicaprio fan so this movie didn't interest me very much, I didn't care for it. Edward Zwick is a great director, he directed The Last Samurai which I loved, so why didn't I want to see this movie? That's a question I keep asking myself, but finally I ended up going(cause I was forced too) and I loved every minute of it, I couldn't believe how amazing Leonardo DiCaprio's acting was, it was probably his best work ever and definitely Oscar worthy, same goes with Djimon Hounsou's acting, freaking amazing. Jennifer Connelly was so-so.
This movie even had a lot more action then I'd expected, it was action packed but also was very violent and very bloody, kids with guns isn't a pretty site to behold. The movie is a little long, over 2 hours, but the director did a good job at keeping the pace. The music was great, the action was awesome, the acting was amazing. The story was OK, it was interesting to see that every character had there own reasons to do what they wanted to do, ex: Solomon wants his family, Danny wants a diamond and Maddy wants a story.
The movie starts off with Solomon and his child Dia going to school and back, but when they come back they see there little village being massacred and destroyed by rebels. Solomon tells his child to run, Solomon takes a machete and cuts a hole threw the back of his (straw) house and get's his wife and other child out, but a rebel see's him and several rebels chases Solomon then put him down on the ground, Solomon tells his family to run. The rebels make a speech and then cut some kids arm off, then there ready to do the same to Solomon, but the rebel leader decides to spare him and take him as a prisoner and use him as a worker, then the movie continues on from there.
The movie feels pretty realistic, lot's of blood flying everywhere etc... But its definitely one of those Oscar worthy flicks which is worth watching