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Diamond Hunters

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Set in Cape Town, South Africa this is a story of Johnny Lance, a diamond hunter. Kicked out of the house by the man that took him in as a new born, he returns 22 years later to run his adoptive fathers diamond empire. Sean Patrick Flanery is great as Johnny, the man eager to prove himself.

I'm a Wilbur Smith fan, so I bought this DVD thinking it would be interesting...silly me...are movies EVER comparable to the books? Despite the excellent cast, the acting was third rate and the movie came across as sort of Danielle Steelish, not Wilbur Smith. Given the talent involved in the film, the film makers could have done MUCH better!

The only good thing in this movie is Jolene Blalock as a femme fetale. The problem with this film, to paraphrase an old quote, is that there is a lot of nice scenery but no engaging story put in front of it.

Truly only Wilbur Smoth knows how to pull off South African Grand Guignol and have you care. Unfortunately Wilbur Smith has nothing to do with this. And it shows.

Bought DVD mainly cos am a Alyssa Milano fan but to be honest she was completely wasted in this film. Quite a good story but seemed to have a really rushed ending. Probably an ok television movie to watch on a rainy day and worth getting just to have a laugh at the acting from the guy who plays Benedict. If your an Alyssa fan stick with Charmed.

I felt that this movie was completely pointless. It is about a family who searches South Africa looking for diamonds. The main character, Johnny, gets taken in by this old man, aka Jacob Van der Byl, who treats him like a son for the first twelve years of his life than promptly (and quite brutally) kicks him out of the house for no apparent reason. Obviously, Van der Byl must've sensed the upcoming attraction between Johnny and his daughter Tracy and tried to put a stop to it before anything started!

Fast forward about twenty years and Van der Byl contacts Johnny and invites him to join in the family business because 1) Van der Byl is dying, 2) his biological son is too incompetant to take over the family business and 3) he no longer cares about keeping his daughter Tracy and Johnny from getting it on. Why Johnny would even want to get back involved with a swarmy guy like Van der Byl is beyond me. Even stranger, nice guy Johnny trusts crooked "bro" Benedict. Talk about family loyalty!

Too much talent(literally) got swept away in the water in this movie!

Note: Those of you who are wondering what happened to Tracy's husband after he "slipped" in the the pool and was left for dead, fear not! Later on, it's revealed that Tracy gives him a divorce. I didn't see that one coming!

Amazing how many people thought the acting just was not worthy of the names in the movie - that was my thought as well.
Disjointed plot that just wandered aimlessly, and saying it was contrived would imply that they were forcing things to go in a certain direction, which clearly they were not.

This is about the worst job of acting I've seen in years, and from people we know can do better.

There was no chemistry between any of them, and they certainly didn't draw any emotions (other than boredom) from the audience...

The story was rehashed in another review, so all I'll do is add my own agreement that this was a total waste of time not just for me, but for anyone involved in the movie as well... And every time you thought, "Maybe this is it? Maybe something will happen here that makes sense?" you realize you were just disappointed again. And I'm not even going to bother with the ending... About the only good thing in the whole film was when the credits rolled and I finally could turn it off...

I almost never feel compelled to post a review for a bad movie, but this one was so bad that I had to add my voice to those warning others from wasting time on this.

DVD was entertaining.
DVD arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.