Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

It will cost you everything.

Directed by Edward Zwick

Produced by Virtual Studios, Spring Creek Pictures

2006143 min7.6 / 10

A politically engaged action-thriller that uses the hunt for a blood diamond to expose the brutality of civil war and the moral compromises required to survive it.

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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  • Is Blood Diamond violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Blood Diamond sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Blood Diamond easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Blood Diamond scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Blood Diamond end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise81

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love90

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Blood Diamond

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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