Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/08/2006(USA)
Release Date: 06/05/2007
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 143 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director
Edward Zwick's frantic
adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields,
Solomon Vandy (
Djimon Hounsou) discovered an extraordinary rough stone of immeasurable value.
Danny Archer (
Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in Sierra Leone and
Archer learns that
Vandy has safely hidden the diamond in a place where no one would ever suspect, the pair enlist the aid of disillusioned American journalist
Maddy Bowen (
Jennifer Connelly) in recovering the treasure that has the power to save
Vandy's family and provide the desperate
Archer with a much-needed chance for redemption.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
