Overwiew :A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. News Photographer / Sierra Leone / Military Training / Holding Cell / Laptop Computer
Producers :
Josh Gummersall, Gregory Jacobs, Graham King, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Paula Weinstein, Gillian Gorfil, Kevin De La Noy, Benjamin Waisbren, Len Amato
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold : ...fueled by DiCaprio's intensity and believability. more...
B+
San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle : ...brain-fryingly boring. more...
D+
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers : DiCaprio is terrific, but he can't save this lecture from the shame of using Africa as a vehicle for another white man's redemption. more...
C
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...uncompromising in the way it depicts the Sierra Leone conflict... more...
B
New York Times - Manohla Dargis : ...gilded in money and dripping with sanctimony... more...
C-
New York Post - Kyle Smith : Picture Indiana Jones reading aloud a couple of huffy editorials from the New York Times while he's dodging boulders and you'll get the idea. more...
C-
Hollywood Reporter - Sheri Linden : ...the film seldom transcends the awkwardness of its edutainment blend. more...
C+
filmcritic.com - Anne Gilbert : ...surprisingly successful. more...
B+
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum : There is every reason to learn about the link between jewels and death, by all means, but no reason to try to disguise a term paper as entertainment. more...
C+
E! Online - Luke Y. Thompson : Edward Zwick, will you please step down off your soapbox? more...
C+
Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington : ...a visually sumptuous, bullet-train-paced thriller with a really provocative theme. more...
A-
Chicago Sun-Times - Richard Roeper : ...a work of amazingly orchestrated chaos. more...
A
Boston Globe - Ty Burr : ...wears both its social conscience and its Hollywood calculation on its sleeve. more...
B-
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Eleanor Ringel Gillespie : The movie's not a gem, but DiCaprio's performance is. more...
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