Blood Diamond vs The Assault
Blood Diamond has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6/10 for The Assault). The Assault is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 23m. Blood Diamond is the older of the two (2006 against 2011). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blood Diamond
The Assault| Blood Diamond | The Assault | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Julien Leclercq |
| Main cast | Jennifer Connelly, David Harewood, Michael Sheen, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Djimon Hounsou | Philippe Bas, Vincent Elbaz, Marie Guillard, Chems Dahmani, Mélanie Bernier |
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.
The Assault
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
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