Blood Diamond (2006) movie poster

Blood Diamond (2006)

"It will cost you everything."
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๐Ÿ‘ 88%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 64% (RT: 64%, MC: 64) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
2h 23m
Country
Germany, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.6/10 (8,200 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
64
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer
Djimon Hounsou as Solomon Vandy
Jennifer Connelly as Maddy Bowen
Kagiso Kuypers as Dia Vandy
Arnold Vosloo as Colonel Coetzee
Antony Coleman as Cordell Brown
Benu Mabhena as Jassie Vandy
Anointing Lukola as N'Yanda Vandy
Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it based on 8,200 votes. Critics scored it lower at 64%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • During the filming of Blood Diamond, Leonardo DiCaprio improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
  • The incredible score for Blood Diamond was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
Audience Consensus

Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller directed by Edward Zwick. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Danny Archer, a Rhodesian-born diamond smuggler operating in Sierra Leone during the 1999 civil war, who forms an uneasy alliance with Solomon Vandy, played by Djimon Hounsou, a Mende fisherman separated from his family and enslaved by Revolutionary United Front rebels in the diamond mines. When Archer learns that Solomon has hidden an enormous pink diamond of extraordinary value, he offers to help Solomon find his captured son in exchange for the stone, while American journalist Maddy Bowen, played by Jennifer Connelly, seeks to expose the conflict diamond trade.

Leonardo DiCaprio's Afrikaans accent and physically committed performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and Djimon Hounsou's Solomon โ€” a man of quiet dignity fighting to preserve his family against impossible odds โ€” earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The film brought international attention to the conflict diamond industry and contributed to public support for the Kimberley Process certification scheme. Blood Diamond earned $171 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.

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