Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

2006 · 143 min · EN · R · 7.6 (8,341 votes)
Dir. Edward Zwick · Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman · Music James Newton Howard

It will cost you everything.

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An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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This is a visceral, emotionally charged journey through a landscape of brutal conflict and moral compromise. It's a relentless, propulsive experience, tinged with a desperate hope for justice amidst profound human suffering. The film feels urgent and unflinching, demanding attention to its harrowing realities.

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