Blood Diamond on DVD

“Blood Diamond” is set in the 1990s sierra Leone on the backdrop of civil war, Edward Zwick’s “Blood Diamond” tells the story of south African mercenary, Danny Archer played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mende fisherman Solomon Vandy played by Djimon Hounsou, two African men who are joined together in the search of a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. They match wits over the procession of the priceless diamond along with a syndicate of businessmen. The title refers to blood diamonds, which mined diamonds on war zones and sold to finance the conflicts.
Blood diamond is a critical acclaimed film receiving positive reviews from American film film critic who gave it 4 stars out of 4, it received 4 stars out of five from UK website “Mansized” stating that “Blood diamond is a 24 karat gem”. It received overall 63% on rotten tomatoes.
I guess you can say its one the films where you just wait till it comes on DVD rather than bother going to the cinema to see it.
The DVD was released in Region 1 format on March 20, 2007. Both a single-disc and a two-disc version are available.
The DVD will released on region 2 (For the United Kingdom) on June 18.
You can buy the one disc collection or the special edition. (Double disc)

link
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3344288/Blood-Diamond-Special-Edition/Product.html
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- May 25, 2007 / 6:36 pm
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