Blood Diamond - A review!

I watched the 2006 movie "Blood Diamond" last night and it left me unsettled and moved, to say the least.
Set in Africa, the movie per say, portrays the use of "conflict" diamonds to fund civil wars and how innocent communities are devastated in brutal killings and kidnappings. The film presents Leonardo Di Caprio (Danny Archer) as a trader of diamonds for arms and Djimon Hounsou (Solomon Vandy) as a fisherman whose son is captured by the RUF (Revolutionary United Front ) to be trained as a rebel. The latter's quest to get his family back and how Danny Archer helps him forms the crux of the film's plot.
The movie is brilliantly shot. The cinematography is very real and beautifully done. The background score is engaging and blends well with the storyline. The direction (by Edward Zwick ) is taut and more or less manages to give the film a decent pace.
But the highlight of the film has got to be its performances. Leonardo Di Caprio delivers a stellar performance; the measure of grief, helplessness, practicality, aggression, use of language and in some places a certain flamboyance is perfect, to say the least. The twitching of his brows is something that I have to mention coz, from where I see, it does most of the talking for him. Djimon Hounsou is superlative; his expressions are earnest and dialogue delivery savaging; the show of frustration, agony in the scene where he meets his wife and children at a refugee camp is brilliant. Jennifer Connelly, who I thought was great in A Beautiful Mind, stars as an American journalist and delivers a decent performance.
For me, the movie is a sincere attempt at getting a point across. A must watch!
My fav dialogue: Danny Archer - "I wondered if God would ever forgive us for what we've done to each other. But then I realised that God has left this place long time back"!