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Blood Diamond
USA 2006, 143 minutes
Dir. Edward Zwick
In English, Afrikaans with English subtitles
Genres: Action/Adventure
Topics: Indigenous & Minority Cultures, Politics.
Aroview: Robust action film with a political conscience, Leonardo DiCaprio gamely sustains a South African accent and an amoral toughness as a bullet-dodging mercenary diamond smuggler who becomes obsessed with finding the buried 'blood diamond'.
Caught up with an American liberal journalist (Connelly) looking to expose endemic industry corruption, and a benevolent African local who holds the key, the trio gel as a pack of flawed movie heroes, while their co-existence mirrors the wider dichotomy of this troubled continent.
While suffering the expected hallmarks of Hollywood over-statement, this finds a wider audience for some important issues while delivering the goods as a propulsive action-thriller.
Member Reviews
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(Good Enough). Showing 1-4 of 4 member reviews.
3 stars (Good Enough) ~normfilmbuff
3 stars (Good Enough) DiCaprio's performance may be good, but somehow he's never quite believable. The film is fairly solid all-round, and hard to criticise for that reason, but it just never quite feels genuine. This is still a Hollywood action adventure. ~Tom H
4 stars (Very Good) DiCaprio and Hounsou ensure that this has enough heart and soul to lift it above the ordinary action film. ~Wizzums
2 stars (Good Try) The message shouldn't have needed two hours to get across. The violence is well done but becomes repetitive. One shot of children with weapons would have been enough to understand that anarchy reigned & we, therefore, could have been spared the bloodshed ~Tubbs
DVD Features
- audio commentary
- 'making of' documentary / featurette
- music clips
- trailers
- aspect ratio: 16:9
Close Relatives
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Constant Gardener, The (2005)
- Interpreter, The (2005)
- Last King of Scotland, The (2007)
- Lumumba (2000)
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