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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Action
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo
Directed & Produced by: Dan Weil, Harry Cohen, Victoria Thomas, James Newton Howard, Ngila Dickson
Release date: 12/7/2006
Running time: 143 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10 by 4602 users