Blood Diamond vs Body of Lies
Blood Diamond has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.6/10 for Body of Lies). Body of Lies is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 23m. Blood Diamond is the older of the two (2006 against 2008). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blood Diamond
Body of Lies| Blood Diamond | Body of Lies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Ridley Scott |
| Main cast | Jennifer Connelly, David Harewood, Michael Sheen, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Djimon Hounsou | Oscar Isaac, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark Strong, Simon McBurney, Ali Suliman |
Synopsis
Blood Diamond
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.
Body of Lies
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as…
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