Blood Diamond (2006)
5/10
Blood price. Blood emotionless.
25 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The story is about three people who are looking for their diamond to the last. And one of them lived his screen life without a single hint of giving up the bad for the good.

Archer, until his death, does not give up the idea of scamming everyone and taking 100% of the diamond. The character does not endear himself. He is about to go on the path of truth and abandon his goal for the sake of those who happened to be nearby. But this is not happening. He dies and thus finds redemption for everything. Here's his blood diamond. Blood price.

Solomon, in search of his son, forgets to turn on his head, logic, strategy. Shouting son's name in the night, following three cars crowded with armed children who are killing everyone randomly? Yes, it's easy! After that, bullets don't hit them just because it doesn't fit into the script. But stupidity fits in without problems. He saves his son and the whole family. But they destroy a whole camp of children. Yes, they are all murderers... Here's his blood diamond. Blood price.

Maddy seems to be the smartest and nicest character, because she has such a noble goal - to tell the whole world about the horror that diamond sellers gain from, so that it all ends. And she falls in love with Archer just like a teenage girl falls in love with a bad guy from high school. She loses her love, but gets an article that goes around the world. Here's her blood diamond. Blood price.

The story is shown in such a way that there is no reason (or maybe time?) to get attached to the characters. Even to Solomon, who has the most cinematic and closest goal to the viewer. As a result, after viewing, there were no bloody emotions left.
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