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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedEdward Zwick's 2006 thriller is set against the civil war that engulfed Sierra Leone at the close of the 1990s. A smuggler and a local fisherman are thrown together on intertwined missions: locating a rare and valuable diamond and rescuing a child conscripted into rebel forces. Combining propulsive action with moral weight, the film examines greed, conflict economies, and the human toll of war. Intense and unsettling, it appeals to viewers who like socially conscious dramas wrapped in suspense. Its MagicMovieScore is 7.6.
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Top Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Danny Archer
Djimon Hounsou
Solomon Vandy
Jennifer Connelly
Maddy Bowen
Kagiso Kuypers
Dia Vandy
Arnold Vosloo
Colonel Coetzee
Antony Coleman
Cordell Brown
Benu Mabhena
Jassie Vandy
Anointing Lukola
N'Yanda Vandy
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Movie Info
Release Date
December 8, 2006
Runtime
2h 23m
Rating
R
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director