summary and comment of Blood Diamond

Rating: 8/10 (22 November 2010)

It was a civil war happened in 1990's Sierra Leone, a story about Solomon Vandy and Archer which both are Africans but they are treated differently. Solomon has become a digger in the diamond field and Archer has become a teammate of government and a smuggler. Solomon has dug a blood diamond and he decided to hide it for himself, but he has lost his family instead of. Archer found that Solomon has hidden an extraordinary stone in the diamond field. Then Archer suggests a condition with Solomon that he can find his family by exchanging the blood diamond. With the help of Maddy Bowen who is an American journalist, Solomon finally found that his son - Dia Vandy become a soldier of rebels, he rescue Dia and try helping Solomon getting the diamond. At the end of the story, they found that the government involved with corruption, and reported by Maddy.
The movie shows the true face of the African, which is full of violence and civil war. The director also shows the life of children and family living in African, which are poor and suffering from the impact of conflict between the government army and the anti – government army. Like Solomon's son, he was kidnapped and forced to be a solder of the anti – government army, reflected that another side of coin of Africa, which should be concerned by government and others. Also, the director wants to show the discrimination problem between the black and the white, Solomon is a fisherman and digger, having a simple life while Archer having a rich life being a member of government army and an illegal trader. I highly recommend this film to the others as this is the most meaningful movie I've ever seen before.