Directed by Edward Zwick Written by Charles Leavitt   C. Gaby Mitchell   Cast Leonardo DiCaprio ... Danny Archer Djimon Hounsou ... Solomon Vandy Jennifer Connelly ... Maddy Bowen Kagiso Kuypers ... Dia Vandy Arnold Vosloo ... Colonel Coetzee Antony Coleman ... Cordell Brown Benu Mabhena ... Jassie Vandy Anointing Lukola ... N'Yanda Vandy David Harewood ... Captain Poison Basil Wallace ... Benjamin Kapanay Jimi Mistry ... Nabil Michael Sheen ... Rupert Simmons Marius Weyers ... Rudolf Van De Kaap Stephen Collins ... Ambassador Walker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine ... M'Ed (as Ntare Mwine) Bouba Badiane ... Tupac T-Shirt Ato Essandoh ... Commander Rambo Percy Matsemela ... Commander Zero Ronnie Nyakale ... Digger 1 Tony Kgoroge ... Troop Leader Nick Reding ... British DFID Minister Klemens Becker ... German Minister Akin Omotoso ... Peacekeeper Chiméne Costa ... Red Cross Worker Dini Nondumo ... Mende UN Worker Grant Swanby ... UNCHR Official Tau Maserumule ... R.U.F. Soldier #1 Adetokumboh M'Cormack ... R.U.F. Trainer Martin Abdul-Jabbar ... Guinean Guard (as Martin Abdul Jabbar) Gaurav Chopra ... French Journalist Karl McMillan ... Aussie Journalist David S. Lee ... Cockney Journalist Jonathan Pienaar ... SA Cameraman Sonni Chidiebere ... Kamajoor Headman Nnamdi Onyeiwu ... Kamajoor Nhlanhla Mavimbela ... Child Soldier 1 Mfundo Pisani ... Child Soldier 2 Phado Bahola ... Child Soldier 3 (Indoc) Thabang Mothle ... Child Soldier 4 (Indoc) Buhle Seya ... Child Soldier 5 (Indoc) Sizwe Makapela ... Child Soldier 6 (Indoc) Tyrone Keogh ... SA Page Winston Ntshona ... Old Mende Man Mduduzi Mabaso ... Rebel 1 Nathaniel Ramabulana ... Rebel 2 (as Nat Ramabulana) Zenzo Ngqobe ... Rebel 3 Mlungisi Hlophe ... Rebel 4 Carol Behane ... Mother at the Bridge Nigel Harman ... News Reporter Clare Holman ... News Reporter Kedibone Tholo Manyaka ... Prostitute 1 (as Kedibone Tholo) Koketso Mojela ... Prostitute 2 Keithian D. Sammons ... Djabu (as Keithian De' Von Santos-Sammons) Uncredited Cast Irmelin DiCaprio ... Woman at airport (unconfirmed) Ray Donn ... Journalist Julie Eagleton ... Van De Kaap Executive Karen Haacke ... Van De Kaap's Wife Vanessa Haywood ... Diplomat's Wife Dan Hirst ... Colonel's Bodyguard Cordell McQueen ... Young mercinary Scott Wickes ... Journalist Produced by Len Amato   Kevin de la Noy   Gillian Gorfil   Josh Gummersall   Marshall Herskovitz   Genevieve Hofmeyr   Philip Key   Graham King   Dileep Singh Rathore   Ben Waisbren   Paula Weinstein   Edward Zwick   Original Music by James Newton Howard

Additional Info Premiere: December 08, 2006 DVD Release: March 20, 2007 Blu-ray Release: June 05, 2007 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. Virtual Studios Spring Creek Productions The Bedford Falls Company Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) (in association with) LSG Productions (production management) Liberty Pictures (II) Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG. Distributors Warner Bros.   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (2007) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.1 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #252 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Average 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #248 Lost: Season 6 (2010) #249 Lost: Season 4 (2008) #250 Zodiac (2007) #251 Ex Machina (2014) #252 Blood Diamond (2006) #253 A Quiet Place (2018) #254 I, Robot (2004) #255 The Mandalorian: Season 1 (2019) #256 The Mandalorian: Season 2 (2020)