(Leonardo
DiCaprio)
M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 106 will
screen the movie Blood Diamond on April
15 at 20h00.
Blood
Diamond was directed in 2006 by Edward Zwick and
stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly.
DiCaprio and Hounsou drive this thriller
about redemption. A mercenary entangled in illegal diamonds decides to help a
fisherman trying to save his family.
The title refers to blood diamonds, which
are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby
profit warlords and diamond companies across the world.
As civil war rages through 1990s Sierra
Leone, two men, a white South African mercenary (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a black
Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou), become joined in a common quest to recover a
rare gem that has the power to transform their lives. With the help of an
American journalist (Jennifer Connelly), the men embark on a hazardous trek
through rebel territory to achieve their goal. Rating:16VL