Blood Diamond

Pros: Entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Some upsetting things happened. Very violent at times.

Leonardo DiCaprio has made several movies that he’s received good reviews for during his career. I have seen several of those movies and have enjoyed them to some degree. Earlier this year I was very impressed with his performance in ...

Pros: Action
Cons: Very lacking in story and credibility, deceptive, manipulative

Blood Diamond (2006) Blood Diamond is a predictable popcorn action movie with a razor thin veneer of story. The story, all five minutes worth, is straight out of the left wing playbook; everything wrong with the world can be laid at the ...

Pros: DiCaprio is quite good. Hounsou is very impressive. Story was intriguing if not soulfully exciting
Cons: in the end, none that out-weight the positives

Diamond smuggler Danny Archer seems to be the king of his own castle, holding the ability to wheel and deal with the best of the African merchants. Some might call him nefarious if viewing his intents, but tries to get past the inherent flaws in ...

Pros: Great story, acting, and lots of action
Cons: A little too long

Blood Diamond is an excellent action movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in Oscar-nominated performances alongside Jennifer Connelly. This movie was also nominated for Editing and Sound Editing and Mixing. As far as intelligent ...

Pros: worthy issue
Cons: silly treatment more suited to a Rambo flick

I'd like to tell you what a great film this is - because its heart is in the right place. For years, Africa has been locked in what some are calling "the African World War" - while the affluent West has responded with indifference. The African diamond ...

Pros: Africa. The Message. Djimon Hounsou, Leonardo DiCaprio. Eduardo Serra's photography. Dan Weil's Production Design.
Cons: Script. Dialogue. The pornography of violence (small children murdering with AK-47's). Awkward preachy interruptions.

Years ago, in 1989, Edward Zwick directed GLORY, about black troops in the American Civil War, a film rightly thought to have been a breakthrough in our movies by a promising new director. Since then, unfortunately, his pictures like LEGENDS OF THE ...

Pros: Excellent performances by DiCaprio, Hounsou, Connelly. Being educated through the storyline.
Cons: Not enough people are aware of the issue, myself included.

After watching Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou, I have profound second thoughts about diamonds, in general. I love jewelry overall, but diamonds have always been so brilliant and beautiful, adored ...

Pros: Cinematography, acting, scenery, story
Cons: appears timed to hurt the jewelry industry right at their peak Christmas season

Coming off my recent review of Apocalypto, I feel as though my emotions have been given a one/two punch. This movie is also violent, disturbing, exciting, and thought-provoking. My fellow reviewers have warned you, but I will also. There are depictions ...

Pros: Excellent acting, writing, action sequences.
Cons: Too much shooting without the hero getting shot.

I planned to see Blood Diamond at the movies. I had seen a Documentary on Blood Diamonds shortly before this movie was released, so my curiosity was already piqued. Somehow, this film slipped out of the theater before I had a chance to see it on ...

Pros: "Blood Diamond" is both beautiful and horribly ugly and conveys a strong message. Mesmerizing.
Cons: "Blood Diamond" is brutal and involves the abuse and enslavement of children: viewer beware.

One of the last great movies of 2006 (barely squeezing in under the door for Oscar nomination) is director Edward Zwicks bold and bloody, ugly and adventurous story about the diamond trade in parts of Africa. Zwick captures many crucial and conflicting ...

Pros: By virtue of its box office success alone, Blood Diamond serves a purpose.
Cons: Confused, aimless movie trying to appeal to everyone and, as expected, ends up sucking.

Out of all the movies I have seen in 2007, this one annoyed me the most. Building on the momentum of films like Hotel Rwanda and The Constant Gardener, Blood Diamond is the movie that has finally propelled a continent ravished ...

Pros: A happy ending!
Cons: Young boys being trained by terrorist to be warriors and shoot guns.

"Bling is a concept, a sound effect, a light refraction, a lifestyle. Bling is a status." - Reggie Osse and Gabriel Tolliver (From the book B ling) Bling is a term that has been used mostly by the ...

Pros: Good performance from DiCaprio...Better one from Hounsou
Cons: Violence is a unsolved problem. Plot is predicable.

In this review major plots details have been incorporated into the analysis of the film. I’m not a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprioi (Danny Archer), so to say that I thought he was reasonably good in this film must pass as high praise. While he is ...

Pros: Leonardo DiCaprio
Cons: The politics of director Edward Zwick muck up the proceedings

I'll tell you my main beef with The Blood Diamond. It's the fact that I had to climb over the transparent politics of Edward Zwick and company to get to the good stuff. In this case, the good stuff is the performance by Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio ...

Pros: Great job by Di Caprio and Djimon Hounsou...
Cons: May be too explicit for some audiences...

Poor Leonardo Di Caprio. Leo the Lion Cub just never has any luck when Oscar time rolls around. Consider the fact that he didn't even get a nomination for Best Actor for Titanic, which is probably the film he'll forever be remembered for. History ...