Blood Diamond (2006) Review

There are so many ways movie can be entertaining. And so many ways films can be boring. Blood Diamond easily fits in the entertaining category. Part of the reason it's entertaining is graphic, unsettling violence that really makes you pay attention to what's happening. Also, strong characters anchored by strong performances help out, too. The story is fabulous, and it blends action, adventure, crime, and drama together successfully. Blood Diamonds made the right move going out on a hard-R rating, because it captured the emotion, unlike Hotel Rwanda who left us with no sad faces over the much milder PG-13 violence.
Movie Rating: A-