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Blood Diamond- 2006

Movie Reviews -- week of 12/7/2006

BLOOD DIAMOND

RATING
4 out of 4 Stars
CAST & CREW
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly
THEATRICAL RELEASE
December 8, 2006
MPAA RATING
R
RUNTIME
n/a
RELEASE COMPANY
Warner Bros.
GENRE
Drama

Review: The place is Sierra Leone, Africa, and the times are turbulent. Civil war and the brutalities that follow are wreaking havoc on the citizenry. This is the story of one of those citizens, a fisherman, Soloman Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), who gets caught up in all of the ugliness that is War. Taken prisoner by rebels, he is forced to work in the diamond mines, and dig for the stones that ultimately finance the bloodshed. Imprisoned, Soloman meets a soldier-of-fortune who trades in smuggled diamonds, Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio). Each man has his own agenda and each needs the other to survive.

Next time you take a stroll through the mall and peek at a jewelry store display, your thoughts may stray to this brutal tale of the “blood diamond” industry. Often referred to as conflict diamonds, these stones so desired by the Haves, may be stained with the blood of the Have-Nots, at least according to director Edward Zwick.

by Mary Morgan is a member of the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association.

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