Blood Diamond
Diamonds are forever” the ads say, but they don’t say that some of these precious stones are used to fund rebellion and terror. Taken from his family, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is forced to work the diamond mines in Sierra Leone and finds a large, rough stone of incredible value and buries it. Soldier of fortune and pro smuggler Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio link) learns of the valuable rock and wants it for himself. Circumstance and war throw the two together and they team to recover the hidden stone in “Blood Diamond” (Link).
The movie covers old ground but with a current twist as it deals with modern issues of terrorism, political upheaval and armed conflict. But there is also the personal story of familial lover, father and son, friendship and the hint of romance. It is a nice package, well done.
It has been released last August after several months worth of controversy. Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated at the category Best Actor earlier this month by the Oscar Academy Awards (Link).
Hopefully the movie will be screened across the cinemas in Dubai before 25th of February when the award will be announced.
4 comments:
I can't wait to see this movie...Yeah Leo! I feel like its been forever since he has been in a movie.
I definetely want to see this movie. Will it stop from purchasing/wanting a little bling? Hmm...Great to see Leo again: I just loved him in The Departed.
Maybe they need the money from the movie to fund the limbs...who knows. I am sure if Leo was involved the children will get what promissed regardless...in the meantime so many people have died from conflict diamonds... Harry Winston I believe is one of the jewelers who make sure their diamons are conflict free.
If you can ignore Zwick's colonial bombast (in his last movie The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise singlehandedly sorted out feudal Japan), Blood Diamond is quite a ride: a gripping tale of greed and exploitation set against a background that seems constantly on the verge of explosive violence. It's the sort of film that mainstream studio Hollywood does extremely well - handsome, an expensive production, classy acting, unobtrusive direction and a good story. Plus, it's a relief to find an Oscar-baiting prestige product like this that actually has a story to tell and a degree of thematic depth - nothing world-shattering, but an interesting examination of exploitation as a concept.
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