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** An official at the G8 summit says that people in Africa have died over "ivory, rubber, gold, oil and it's now true of diamonds." Oil is produced in very small amounts in Africa and has never been a matter of any wars. Diamonds haven't caused much war in South Africa and Botswana since the end of 19th century. And the civil war in Sierra Leone wasn't over diamonds (diamonds were used to finance it, though).
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* ArtisticLicenseGeology
** Archer claims the diamonds will be sent to India, where they will "become like any other diamonds." A diamond's shape, crystal structure and colour are dead giveaways to its origin. Further, India (and Indonesia) specialise in small diamonds only, while the diamonds shown are at least 10 carats each.
** A multinational diamond corporation large enough to be invited to a G8 summit would make most of its products from "mêlée", medium diamonds of a half to two carats. It's unlikely they would bother with a single diamond, even a large one. Similarly, the mercenaries are paid in mining concessions, meaning they, too, would have no reason to chase after a single, albeit large, diamond.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The mercenary intervention of Executive Outcomes in the Sierra Leone civil war began in May 1995 and ended in January 1997. By the time of the RUF invasion of Freetown in 1999, when the film is set, they were long gone. The civil war was ended by a combination of British and UN forces in 2001. This was likely changed to avoid associating either group with the film's much worse mercenaries. Additionally, the mercenaries are paid in diamond mining concessions, which was not the case for Executive Outcomes.
** Archer claims the diamonds will be sent to India, where they will "become like any other diamonds." A diamond's shape, crystal structure and colour are dead giveaways to its origin. Further, India (and Indonesia) specialise in small diamonds only, while the diamonds shown are at least 10 carats each.
** A multinational diamond corporation large enough to be invited to a G8 summit would make most of its products from "mêlée", medium diamonds of a half to two carats. It's unlikely they would bother with a single diamond, even a large one. Similarly, the mercenaries are paid in mining concessions, meaning they, too, would have no reason to chase after a single, albeit large, diamond.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The mercenary intervention of Executive Outcomes in the Sierra Leone civil war began in May 1995 and ended in January 1997. By the time of the RUF invasion of Freetown in 1999, when the film is set, they were long gone. The civil war was ended by a combination of British and UN forces in 2001. This was likely changed to avoid associating either group with the film's much worse mercenaries. Additionally, the mercenaries are paid in diamond mining concessions, which was not the case for Executive Outcomes.
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''Blood Diamond'' is a 2006 film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blood diamonds]]. It was directed by Creator/EdwardZwick and stars Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/DjimonHounsou and Creator/JenniferConnelly. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. It follows two main points of view. Solomon Vandy is a Mende fisherman; his village is attacked and his son taken to be a child soldier, and the rest of his family goes missing while he himself winds up working in a slave camp. Danny Archer is an Anglo-African amoral ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe (though he adamantly keeps referring to it as [[IstanbulNotConstantinople Rhodesia]]) and diamond smuggler. He is arrested trying to smuggle diamonds by using a herd of goats as cover, and meets Solomon while in prison.
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''Blood Diamond'' is a 2006 film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blood diamonds]]. It was directed by Creator/EdwardZwick and stars Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/DjimonHounsou and Creator/JenniferConnelly. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. It follows two main points of view. Solomon Vandy is a Mende fisherman; his village is attacked and his son taken to be a child soldier, and the rest of his family goes missing while he himself winds up working in a slave camp. Danny Archer is an Anglo-African amoral ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe (though Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe, though he adamantly keeps referring refuses to it as [[IstanbulNotConstantinople Rhodesia]]) acknowledge that) and diamond smuggler. He is arrested trying to smuggle diamonds by using a herd of goats as cover, and meets Solomon while in prison.
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* TheMountainsOfIllinois: Averted. The film shot mostly in Mozambique, but since Mozambique lacks the mountains that Sierra Leone has, the production team added them in with matte paintings and CGI.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: More like, "armies are often evil." The child soldiers are radicalized by maniacs, the government army is stated to often commit atrocities, and the mercenary army Danny is part of refuses to help unless the government indulges some demands.
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* AnachronismStew:
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
** Danny is arrested by Liberian guards for crossing the border from Sierra Leone. He should have ended up in a prison in Liberia, rather than Sierra Leone.
** The co-ordinates that Danny calls in puts the rebel camp at somewhere in southeast Sudan - on the other side of the African continent.
** The vehicles in the movie are shown driving on the left side of the road. In Sierra Leone, they drive on the right. This is because filming was done in Mozambique and South Africa, where they drive on the left.
** The sun is shown rising over the ocean in Freetown - which is in the West, so the sun should be rising over the continent to the east.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Danny says the Shona called him 'Mukiwa' (white boy in Africa). That's the Ndebele word; the Shona word is 'Murungu'.
** Danny is arrested by Liberian guards for crossing the border from Sierra Leone. He should have ended up in a prison in Liberia, rather than Sierra Leone.
** The co-ordinates that Danny calls in puts the rebel camp at somewhere in southeast Sudan - on the other side of the African continent.
** The vehicles in the movie are shown driving on the left side of the road. In Sierra Leone, they drive on the right. This is because filming was done in Mozambique and South Africa, where they drive on the left.
** The sun is shown rising over the ocean in Freetown - which is in the West, so the sun should be rising over the continent to the east.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Posters advertising [=3G=] mobile can be seen in the Cape Town International Airport. Certainly no such technology existed in 1999.
** LCD monitors can be seen in the scenes at G-8 conference on diamonds, along with mid-2000s era laptops.
** One of the child soldiers can be seen playing a Game Boy Advance SP, not released until 2003.
** The phone Danny uses to call near the end is a Globalstar SAT 550, which weren't sold commercially until 2000. The technology at the time also would be unlikely to work in Africa.
** The guard Rambo is wearing a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee - not on the market until 2004.
** For the scenes in London, we can see a bus for route 453 (which didn't exist until 2003) and 2005 Volkswagen Passat.
* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Danny says the Shona called him 'Mukiwa' (white boy in Africa). That's the Ndebele word; the Shona word is 'Murungu'.
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* ThingsAreMoreEffectiveInHollywood: The satellite phone Danny uses to call Maddy. First, he uses it like a normal cell - moving it around to get a signal - when the antenna needs to be pointed in the approximate direction of the satellite in the sky. Second, there are usually delays in conversations made with them, due to the distance of the satellite from Earth. Danny and Maddy's conversation has no delays (although this could be AcceptableBreaksFromReality, as showing accurate delays might ruin the flow of the scene).
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* CurbStompCushion: Archer and Solomon have a brief scuffle during their travels when emotions run high. Solomon literally picks up Archer, throws him to the ground and holds him down. Archer, being a trained military veteran and mercenary, easily breaks through Solomon's hold and is able to incapacitate the other man.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call Solomon a "k*ffir,"; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call Solomon a "k*ffir,"; "kaffir,"; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "k*ffir," AKA the South African N-word.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "k*ffir," "kaffir," AKA the South African N-word.
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Along with ''Film/TheDeparted'' (which came out a month before it), ''Blood Diamond'' is often credited with causing a major shift in Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s public image, thanks to him successfully PlayingAgainstType as a hard-edged career criminal. For most of the early [=2000s=], he was still primarily known as the boyishly handsome romantic lead of ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' and ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]'', and was perennially typecast as youthful and vivacious heartthrobs--even in more serious films like ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' and ''Film/TheAviator''. [=DiCaprio=]'s role as the thoroughly antiheroic Danny Archer gave him a chance to show off his true range, paving the way for his later acclaimed roles in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' and ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
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Along with ''Film/TheDeparted'' (which came out a month before it), ''Blood Diamond'' is often credited with causing a major shift in Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s public image, thanks to him successfully PlayingAgainstType as a hard-edged career criminal. For most of the early [=2000s=], he was still primarily known as the boyishly handsome romantic lead of ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' and ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]'', and was perennially typecast as youthful and vivacious heartthrobs--even in more serious films like ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' and ''Film/TheAviator''. [=DiCaprio=]'s role as the thoroughly antiheroic Danny Archer gave him a chance to show off his true range, paving the way for his later acclaimed roles in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' and ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call Solomon a "k*ffir," either; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call Solomon a "k*ffir," either; "k*ffir,"; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
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Misuse of Berserk Button, these are all very reasonable things to be angered by.
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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' [[PapaWolf threaten Solomon's family]].
** Don't call him a "k*ffir," either; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
** In Danny's case, don't give away his cover and threaten his life as a result. He'll give you ''[[TranquilFury one]]'' warning. Not two.
** Don't call him a "k*ffir," either; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
** In Danny's case, don't give away his cover and threaten his life as a result. He'll give you ''[[TranquilFury one]]'' warning. Not two.
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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' [[PapaWolf threaten Solomon's family]].
**Don't call him Solomon a "k*ffir," either; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
** In Danny's case, don't give away his cover and threaten his life as a result. He'll give you ''[[TranquilFury one]]'' warning. Not two.countries.
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** In Danny's case, don't give away his cover and threaten his life as a result. He'll give you ''[[TranquilFury one]]'' warning. Not two.
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Re-censored K*ffir, as it was changed back without a reason given and I still stand by my original point
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "kaffir," AKA the South African N-word.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "kaffir," "k*ffir," AKA the South African N-word.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Danny and Colonel Coetzee are former members of 32 Battalion, an infamous light infantry and reconnaissance unit from UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra. How badass were they? Suffice to say, an officer from the Battalion eventually went on to found Executive Outcomes, one of the most successful modern Private Military Companies ever, and recruited exclusively ex-32's and other elites.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Danny and Colonel Coetzee are former members of 32 Battalion, an infamous light infantry and reconnaissance unit from UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra. How badass hardcore were they? Suffice to say, an officer from the Battalion eventually went on to found Executive Outcomes, one of the most successful modern Private Military Companies ever, and recruited exclusively ex-32's and other elites.
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* UnstoppableRage: In one of the most epic hero-on-villain beatdowns in recent cinema.
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* UnstoppableRage: In one of the most [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome epic hero-on-villain beatdowns in recent cinema]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technical SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome since it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technical SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome since it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].
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* UnstoppableRage: In one of the most [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome epic hero-on-villain beatdowns in recent cinema]].
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* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Alsoa technical SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome since of note is it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has canopy. Mock ups have appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].films such as ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'' and ''Film/RamboIII'''[[/note]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also
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* BlessedWithSuck: It's [[InvokedTrope repeatedly stated]] that Africa's problems stem from the fact that it is rich in resources.
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* BlessedWithSuck: It's [[InvokedTrope repeatedly stated]] stated that Africa's problems stem from the fact that it is rich in resources.
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* DarkestAfrica: [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Deliberately]] [[ShownTheirWork averted]]. The closest in imagery it gets is when the main trio get ambushed by a local militia while walking through the jungle.
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* DarkestAfrica: [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Deliberately]] [[ShownTheirWork averted]].Deliberately averted. The closest in imagery it gets is when the main trio get ambushed by a local militia while walking through the jungle.
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Along with ''Film/TheDeparted'' (which came out a month before it), ''Blood Diamond'' is often credited with causing a major shift in Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s public image, thanks to him successfully PlayingAgainstType as a hard-edged career criminal. For most of the early [=2000s=], he was still primarily known as the boyishly handsome romantic lead of ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' and ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]'', and was perennially typecast as youthful and vivacious heartthrobs--even in more serious films like ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' and ''Film/TheAviator''. [=DiCaprio=]'s role as the thoroughly antiheroic Danny Archer gave him a chance to show off his true range, paving the way for his later acclaimed roles in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' and ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Danny is ''way'' down on the cynical side. Maddy is further towards the idealistic end (and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] Danny's cynicism), although she appears to be actively struggling to actually stay there. [[spoiler:The movie itself, while extremely dark and brutal, manages to end on a decisively idealistic (although [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]]) note.]]
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Danny is ''way'' down on the cynical side. Maddy is further towards the idealistic end (and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] Danny's cynicism), although she appears to be actively struggling to actually stay there. Solomon is on the idealistic side as well, given how his love for his family is what motivates him to undertake his grueling trek with Danny to begin with. [[spoiler:The movie itself, while extremely dark and brutal, manages to end on a decisively idealistic (although [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]]) note.]]
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** Don't call him a "k*ffir," either; basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.
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** Don't call him a "k*ffir," "kaffir," either; it's basically the African equivalent of the N-word. TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.it's considered a very grievous insult, especially in southern African countries.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "k*ffir," AKA the African n-word.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "k*ffir," "kaffir," AKA the South African n-word.N-word.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While many of the government's soldiers act like huge dicks and we are told that there are attrocities committed on both sides, the film does not show them doing war crimes on the scale of the RUF.
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* UnstoppableRage: In one of the most [[MomentOfAwesome epic hero-on-villain beatdowns in recent cinema]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technical MomentOfAwesome since it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technical MomentOfAwesome since it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].
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* UnstoppableRage: In one of the most [[MomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome epic hero-on-villain beatdowns in recent cinema]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technicalMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome since it was the first scene in any feature film, ''ever'', to feature the aircraft[[note]]Specifically the widely exported Hind-D model with twin bubble canopy, the Hind-A model has appeared in several movies, most notably ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]''[[/note]].
* VillainousRescue[=/=]GunshipRescue: The South African mercenaries obliterating the [[spoiler:blood diamond mining camp]] with a Mi-24 Hind gunship. Also a technical
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%%* {{Foreshadowing}}: "This is home. [[spoiler:You'll never leave Africa]]".
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* GallowsHumor: In the climax, [[spoiler: Danny is mortally wounded, and is telling Solomon to leave without him before handing him the diamond]]. They share a laugh after the following exchange.
-->'''Solomon''': I thought you would steal it from me.\\
'''Danny''': It ''had'' occurred to me...
-->'''Solomon''': I thought you would steal it from me.\\
'''Danny''': It ''had'' occurred to me...
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Once again censored K*ffir. For the same reason as I censored the N-word.
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** Don't call him a "k*ffir," either; basically the African equivalent of the n word. TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.
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** Don't call him a "k*ffir," either; basically the African equivalent of the n word.N-word. TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "kaffir," AKA the African n-word.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Archer, with shades of TragicBigot thrown in. He's not an overt racist, but he does seem to harbor levels of resentment toward black people, having fought in Angola for years, and his parents having been brutally murdered by Zimbabwean rebels. This comes out especially after Solomon blows their cover and nearly gets them killed by RUF troops; Archer then subtly compares black people to baboons, starts calling Solomon "boy," and at one point calls him a "kaffir," "k*ffir," AKA the African n-word.
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Censored the N word. I mean, did we really have to say it to git the point across? It literally says right afterwards that saying K*ff*r is "very, VERY bad form", by which it would follow that saying the American equivalent is also really bad form.
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** Don't call him a "kaffir," either; basically the African equivalent of "nigger". TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.
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** Don't call him a "kaffir," "k*ffir," either; basically the African equivalent of "nigger".the n word. TruthInTelevision; using that word around Africans is very, VERY bad form.
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* HotScoop: Maddy. "If you saw this girl, you would not forget it."
