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Title: Blood Diamond (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Danny Archer | |
| Djimon Hounsou | ... | Solomon Vandy | |
| Jennifer Connelly | ... | Maddy Bowen | |
| Kagiso Kuypers | ... | Dia Vandy | |
| Arnold Vosloo | ... | Colonel Coetzee | |
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Antony Coleman | ... | Cordell Brown |
| Benu Mabhena | ... | Jassie Vandy | |
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Anointing Lukola | ... | N'Yanda Vandy |
| David Harewood | ... | Captain Poison | |
| Basil Wallace | ... | Benjamin Kapanay | |
| Jimi Mistry | ... | Nabil | |
| Michael Sheen | ... | Rupert Simmons | |
| Marius Weyers | ... | Rudolf Van De Kaap | |
| Stephen Collins | ... | Ambassador Walker | |
| Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | ... | M'Ed (as Ntare Mwine) | |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. Written by Miist
What does it take to turn someone into a killer? The answer is different for each character involved in this movie. For some it is survival. For others it is the hope of escape from a life of hell. For some it is family. For others it is greed. Caught in the middle of it all are the children who have such little desire to kill for any reason that they must be brainwashed into becoming the instruments of their masters who claim to offer freedom.
Every few years an action movie comes along that has amazing depth. Terminator 2 and The Matrix are such movies, and so is Blood Diamond. It is full of characterizations we've seen before, but it's the interaction that raises this film above the masses. Each character has an agenda that forces him or her to distrust everyone else. The paths that some relationships take to develop trust are believable, while others are equally believable in remaining eternally antagonistic. And through it all is the realization that while some characters may change their methodology and morals, none ever change their dreams. Each character fights for the goal to the bitter end. Such is human nature, and such is the conflict of Blood Diamond, the conflict of Africa. In the end, we are left to wonder if peace can ever be attained in such a world. And somehow we are left believing that maybe it can.