Blood Diamond
7.6/10
Rating
143 min
Runtime
2006
Release Year
Edward Zwick
Director
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo
Quick Synopsis
In 1999 Sierra Leone, during a violent civil war, a former mercenary who has become a smuggler teams up with a Mende fisherman. Together, they undertake two urgent missions: to find a rare and valuable pink diamond and to rescue the fisherman's son, who has been forcibly recruited as a child soldier by the brutal rebel forces causing widespread violence and suffering throughout the country.
Detailed Synopsis of Blood Diamond
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.
