Brilliant and eye opening film

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2007)

This film was one of the best I've seen in a while, although I knew of the violence that went on in Sierra Leone I was to young to actually know what and why it was happening so this film has totally opened my eyes to what went on. The story was told in a brilliant way showing you both from where the diamonds came and where they would end up but the way in which it was told was seamless. Leonardo Dicaprio was brilliant as Danny Archer, I didn't expect him to be this good as he's always had this baby face playing youngsters so I couldn't seen him pulling off the role of a South African diamond smuggler but he did so brilliantly . Djimon Housoun was also very good as the proud fisherman searching for his family his role was more subdued than Dicaprio which, I think, is why they worked so well together. So I would say a must see.