Director needs to open up his eye

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2006)

I went into Blood Diamond thinking that I was going to view a "semi" conscious film, slightly entertaining, and cool, staring a handsome Leonardo DiCaprio and a buffed, Djimon Hounsou, about the racist, Machiavellian, evil enterprise of the diamond trade. What I got instead was a film that surpassed all my very low expectations, layered with truly shocking revelations, functioning on many levels, with an intense, int resting plot, and an education on how independence from oppression, is no cure for peace, when diamonds are at stake! This movie submerged you in hell for 220 min and did not stop until the final credits rolled. I seriously suffered from post traumatic stress disorder from watching all the carnage and mayhem in this shocking film. The majority of the budget in this film must of gone into hiring African extras; the numerous Africans reminded me of some of the Political rally scenes in the Last King of Scotland. Where do they find so many people? Unfortunately the re-watchability of Blood Diamonds is very low due to its rushed, narrow and choppy visual feel; I would only watch this film once and would not recommend it to friends.