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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Drama, Thriller, Action
Release:
December 2006
Production:
Virtual Studios, Spring Creek Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions, Initial Entertainment Group, Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG., Warner Bros. Pictures, Liberty Pictures
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen, Marius Weyers, Stephen Collins, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Ato Essandoh, David S. Lee, Percy Matsemela, Klemens Becker, Grant Swanby, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Tyrone Keogh, Mduduzi Mabaso, Nathaniel Ramabulana, Zenzo Ngqobe, Vanessa Haywood
Tags:
bootlegger, journalist, smuggling (contraband), loss of loved one, africa, rwandan genocide, rebel, journalism, slavery, fisherman, mercenary, diamond mine, sierra leone, special unit, oppression, macabre, 1990s, private military company, inspirational, sinister, set in africa
