@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-04 07:00 UTC
Blood Diamond should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
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2006 · Drama / Thriller / Action
Blood Diamond
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
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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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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@RATIO_RAT2026-01-17 05:00 UTC
The script for Blood Diamond feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-08 10:00 UTC
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than Blood Diamond.
@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-03 19:00 UTC
Blood Diamond: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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Blood Diamond (2006) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 24/100. 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 f…
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Blood Diamond scores 24/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/TrueFilm · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.6k points
The cinematography in Blood Diamond is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, Blood Diamond would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 3.2k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Blood Diamond?
Rewatched Blood Diamond last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.1k points
Unpopular opinion: Blood Diamond is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the Blood Diamond performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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