Guesg blogger: Aljosa 2

Blood diamond is a drama and action movie that came out in late 2006. The setting of the movie is during the Sierra Leone civil war in different parts of Africa. The film starts out as a man named Solomon getting captured by a bunch of African rebels while trying to help his family escape from the village they are in because they are getting attacked by the rebels. After his capture Solomon is made into a slave and has to dig and find diamonds for the rebel group called RUF. While working there he finds a very large pink diamond. He goes and buries it so no one can find it, shortly after his diamond field gets attacked and he is captured and sent to prison. In prison he meets DiCaprio’s character a white mercenary that trades weapons with RUF in exchange for the diamonds they get. He gets Solomon out of prison because he overheard about his knowledge of the pink diamond and they go set out on a quest to find it with obstacles in the way. Some notable actors in this film are Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Gaston Hounsou who has won two academy awards. The theme of the movie I think is fight for what you want, because both of those two characters go through some extraordinary things to get to the things they want. According to Phillip French from Observer he said that “The issues may be simply put, but the brilliant action sequences engage us viscerally.” I agree with this because they don’t go to into depth of the war that’s going on so that the average viewer can understand it and the action scenes that they have are really entertaining. Overall I like this movie and it shows you how the diamond business is in Africa and the problems around it and I would recommend this to anyone to go see or buy it.