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.
Blood Diamond has generally received very positive reviews.
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Blood Diamond was released in 2006 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 921 reviews, giving Blood Diamond (2006) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 67%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Blood Diamond than critics were.
With a score of 78%, Blood Diamond is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like V for Vendetta, The Last King of Scotland and Tell No One.
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