Blood Diamond is a solid film with a bit of an identity crisis. It's not sure if it wants to be a sincere message movie about the perils of conflict diamonds or an action movie about a man fighting for his family. To it's credit, the film delivers competently on both fronts but I felt like it could have been more successful if it choose one aspect and stuck to it. However, I am torn on this issue.
In principal, I really like the idea of using the standard action-movie format to create a blockbuster that deals with relevant sociopolitical issues. I guess there's a fine line between brilliantly subverting a genre by challenging the viewers to examining global injustice and making an action movie that's a little preachy. This film almost makes it into the first category.
Nothing good ever happens in the third world.
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