IN BETWEEN FIGHTING GLOBAL WARMING BY BURNING FUEL ON HIS PRIVATE JET, LEONARDO DICAPRIO TACKLED THE TOPIC OF THE "LIMBS FOR DIAMONDS" TRADE IN THIS HYPOCRITICAL HOLLYWOOD SERMON. THIS FILM WAS SET IN THE EARLY 90'S AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE CIVIL WAR IN SIERRA LEONE. HOLLYWOOD, ONCE AGAIN SUPPORTED A IDEALISTIC CAUSE WHICH IT CAN ONLY JUSTIFY THROUGH RELATIVE CHARITY DONATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE AVERAGE WORKER, THAT MEANS, YOU DONATE AN M&M TO OPRAH'S SCHOOL WITH EVERY 110$ YOU EARN AND HOPE A CHOCOLATE "V" CURES AIDS OUTSIDE CAPETOWN. DICAPRIO'S CHARACTER, MERCENARY DANNY ARCHER, IRONICALLY TARGETS A RARE PINK DIAMOND AS HIS BULLS-EYE OUT OF A LIFE HE CONSIDERS HELL. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WELL AS DICAPRIO PLAYS HIS CHARACTER, HIS LOOKS AND CHARM ONLY WORK FOR THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE FILM. HOWEVER, HIS CHARACTER FAILED TO CONVINCE ME THAT HE TRANSFORMED FROM A MAN THAT WOULD'VE PUT THE BULLET IN OLD YELLER'S HEAD, INTO A MAN WILLING TO DIE FOR A DIAMOND DIGGING SLAVE WHO'S SON WAS KIDNAPPED BY REBELS. ASIDE FROM THAT THE MOVIE'S STILL A REAL HOOT.
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