Oct 28, 2007 05:23 AM
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I heard all the hype about how this movie exposed the blood soaked trade in Diamonds for everyone to see.
The Kimberley Process certification scheme was supposed to rid the market of conflict diamonds but it has not made any dent as big corporations do not want their clout to get minimized.
Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct does a spectacular job in that Canadian diamonds are tracked from mine, through the refining process to the retail jeweller with a unique diamond identification number laser inscribed on the diamonds girdle.
US is the world's largest diamond market and the very people who denounce the system are the ones who give support to it.
The movie has spectacular locales and frankly it is a low budget and low quality movie(more like a cheap Bollywood movie sans the songs). The movie succeeds in raising the problem if that is what its real intention was about than profiting from its commercial success.
Leonardo is okay and the Afircan actor I felt gave a better portrayal.
