Product description

Blood Diamond [HD DVD] [2006]

Price: £5.49
RRP: £24.99
Average customer rating: 3.0

Binding : HD DVD
EAN : 7321900117647
Label : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Release date : 2007-07-09
Title : Blood Diamond [HD DVD] [2006]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2006-01-01
Running time : 138
Studio : Warner Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 2006

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-03-28 rating:

Great movie
This great Hollywood blockbuster is one of a series of thought provoking movies along with the constant gardener and shooting dogs .Filmed in South Africa , London and Mozambique ,the result is excellent and the photography in this movie is a good as it gets . br / br /It tells the story of two people who must find a very large diamond for very different reasons , one to save his son and the other to become rich . The action scenes are very realistic is terms of showing the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone as Saving private Ryan showed the landings in Normandy . br / br /Leonardo DiCaprio deserves praise for his portrait of the South African mercenary he developed very convincing South African accent , he and Djimon Honsou work very well together and there is great scene when their characters clashed over racial issues . br / br /Michael Sheen delivers another impeccable villain role as the unscrupulous diamond merchant who will buy anything from a war zone . br / br /The only character that is not so good is Jennifer Connelly , also her relationship with Leonardo Dicaprio seems a bit far fetched and the romance is not very convincing. br / br / br /4 and a half stars , only if it had a different female role ....

review by: date: 2008-01-28 rating:

Ultra-violent kill-fest
My wife and I aborted this film after less than half an hour, once it became br /obvious that the story was being treated solely as a vehicle for br /almost endless bloody violence. The gruesome opening depiction of the br /slaughter of the innocents was more than graphic enough to establish the br /general political background. Like most general viewers, we accepted that br /truthful portrayal of political assassination is obligatory on responsible br /film producers and directors, however harrowing. But to needlessly repeat br /the same scenes of mass slaughter over and over again, as in "Blood Diamond", br /is to merely pander to the minority who get perverted br /pleasure from watching bloody death, debasement and destruction. br /It is worth noting that published reviews of this film have deliberately br /down-played the gratuitous and repetitive violence. This is a serious br /dis-service to the viewing public, and it is high time films of this br /savage nature were described accurately, and as unflinchingly as the br /violence graphically portrayed. If this fair assessment were observed, br /a few hundred less copies might be sold, but the general viewer would at least br /be warned off wasting money on adding the DVD to their own collection. br /

review by: date: 2007-12-12 rating:

A great film
This was a very thoughtful production that managed to meld action and drama with an important message about the politics of diamonds. A very good HD transfer and excellent sound. If you are worried about the price get it from Amazon in the States.

review by: P date: 2007-07-27 rating:

A real diamond ?
Is the disc diamond encrusted? br / br /I'd want a holographic film for £26, what a rip off!

review by: date: 2007-07-12 rating:

Blood Diamond
This is a good, exciting and action packed film. It also has a message in about the illegal trade of diamonds so you may learn something. It is a good watch!

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