‘I am...the cameraman’. A funny quote from this action/thriller/drama flick. This movie really just came out of nowhere for me, it just came and hit me straight in the face, I’m not a Leonardo Dicaprio fan so this movie didn’t interest me very much, I didn’t care for it. Edward Zwick is a great director, he directed The Last Samurai which I loved, so why didn’t I want to see this movie? That’s a question I keep asking myself, but finally I ended up going(cause I was forced too) and I loved every minute of it, I couldn’t believe how amazing Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting was, it was probably his best work ever and definitely Oscar worthy, same goes with Djimon Hounsou’s acting, freaking amazing. Jennifer Connelly was so-so. This movie even had a lot more action then I’d expected, it was action packed but also was very violent and very bloody, kids with guns isn’t a pretty site to behold. The movie is a little long, over 2 hours, but the director did a good job at keeping the pace. The music was great, the action was awesome, the acting was amazing. The story was ok, it was interesting to see that every character had there own reasons to do what they wanted to do, ex: Solomon wants his family, Danny wants a diamond and Maddy wants a story. The movie starts off with Solomon and his child Dia going to school and back, but when they come back they see there little village being massacred and destroyed by rebels. Solomon tells his child to run, Solomon takes a machete and cuts a hole threw the back of his (straw) house and get’s his wife and other child out, but a rebel see’s him and several rebels chases Solomon then put him down on the ground, Solomon tells his family to run. The rebels make a speech and then cut some kids arm off, then there ready to do the same to Solomon, but the rebel leader decides to spare him and take him as a prisoner and use him as a worker, then the movie continues on from there. The movie feels pretty realistic, lot’s of blood flying everywhere ect... But its definitely one of those Oscar worthy flicks which is worth watching

I love these kind of movies with shocking and strong messages and this is one of them. First off I am very disappointed with the two stars and poor review commonsense gave this movie because it is a great movie. This voilence is shocking and intense but its all real and the voilence gets the movies point across that much better. GREAT MOVIE, 15 and up

Lots of violence, gore and bad language. I like this movie very much for displaying war and greed as it does. Knowing my kids, I let them watch it and explained things, events and actions as they were portrayed. I do not regret my boys wathing the movie - among other things, it helps them realise how lucky they are and what wars and greed can do to humans.

Common Sense Media was REALLY wrong on this one...ignore their review! This is a truly great film, it's very intense, raw, violent, and sad--but definitely an important and powerful film that deserves at least one viewing. It's a truly amazing movie, one of my favorites from last year!

Leonardo Dicaprio is defiantly my favorite actor because he can play anything, and because he's just a D**n good actor. This movie depicts very violent scenes of people being murdered by children, and a graphic scene of an arm being hacked off. I give this movie 5 stars with hesitation. Watch this movie now!

i watched this movie with my parents and i wasnt expecting a lot out of it but left shocked at how good it was.....amazingly eyeopening and yes it is violent- but its true and life is violent and you cant just shelter your kids from it forever- award winning performances was djimon and leonardo and very touching- must see for ages 14+