Name: Blood Diamond
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly
Rating: 14A
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra
Leone, Danny Archer,
a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman are joined in
a common
quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in
prison for smuggling,
Archer learns that Solomon--who was taken from his family and forced to work
in the diamond
fields--has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of
Maddy Bowen,
an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection
with Archer,
the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save
Solomon's
family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.