Blood Diamond

filed under Action / Adventure, Drama, Thriller

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). 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 fources ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside. Directed by Edwar Zwick (Glory. The Last Samurai), this urgent, intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact.