Great movie, better ending?

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2014)

Rating:8/10
Blood Diamond is a film that was released in 2006, taken place in Sierra Leone during a civil war. The movie focuses in on two people, Solomon Vandy and Danny Archer. Solomon Vandy is an innocent Fisherman, is captured by the Rebels and is forced to work in the Diamond fields while being taken away from his family. Every slave working in the Diamond field is required to give the diamonds to the commander. Solomon finds a diamond and digs it in the ground while the military comes and invades the ground. In prison Danny Archer, a diamond smuggler, teams up with Solomon Vandy to go an find the big diamond that he left behind. While all of this is happening, Solomon's son, who he envisions becoming a doctor, is kidnapped to becoming a child solider. Solomon and Archer go on a quest to find his son and the diamonds. Sacrifices are made and identities are lost.
I really like how the director showed how children are corrupted by rebels and are forced to do things against their will at first but then the director shows how the children start embracing that lifestyle. I really like how their were two quests Solomon Vandy had to go to through to get his family back. The diamond for Solomon was a decoy to what he really wants which is his family. I really like how at the end the director shows that Solomon's son is still corrupted and he doesn't even know his true identity. I also like how the audiences view on Danny Archer changed throughout the movie. At first he was using Solomon to find the diamond, but then he realizes what really is important which is Solomon's family.
I think it doesn't deserve 10/10 of stars because I think the director made the ending too clichÃ© by making Danny Archer sacrifice himself. I know thats the ending the audience wants, but the director could of added a huge twist to the end of the movie to make the ending more intense.