Let’s talk about the film’s criticism of diamond consumerism. Many thoughtful young people blushed-talk about a small shiny stone, soaked in the blood of innocent people; imperialism, luxury capitalists and their agents ( For example, men like No. 1) used all means to make money and plundered the wealth of the African people, diamonds, oil, gold, and even in modern times, arrested people and sold slaves...
so you should buy less and don't sell these kinds of things.
But the criticism of diamond consumerism cannot solve the suffering of the African people, so the film begins to give answers. Human nature is good, bad guys will get better (the general supporting actors and extras will not get better, the plot is too late), the reason for the better is sympathy Heart, love, Christianity, children's education, food and clothing, well-off, etc. In short, it began to divorce from the reality of international politics, and made false illusions there. In the end, the unscrupulous capitalists were held criminally responsible by news disclosure, as if one was arrested, and Africa was peaceful.
However, the film also talked about the so-called distorted and ugly aspects of human nature, such as rebels killing for pleasure, the same bloodthirsty cruel scouts, enslavement, government corruption, etc. It seems that people are indeterminate and unreliable.
The other is "Sirina", which seems to attribute the political dilemma and way out of the third world to the white human nature of uncertain destiny, pining hope on the Western press, the governments and courts of major countries, the modern crusaders, and consumers. It’s too illusory and unconvincing. The root cause of the backwardness and turmoil of the Third World is not the inferior race, the oppression of business tycoons, and the ignorance of the people, but the great powers’ control over Asia, Africa and Latin America. Ambition and struggle, it's a pity that there is no such thing as "Sirna" that explains politics thoroughly.
One is oil, the other is diamonds, and the political entanglement pattern is the same. "Sirina", which explains politics thoroughly, seems to explain politics thoroughly. I think the main line is conceived based on the ultimate failure and destruction of four little people who have a few pure illusions about international politics: the initial state, The CIA field brother is an old-fashioned patriot. The consultant Xiaoshuai is a good businessman who thinks about things according to economic laws. The lawyer Xiaohei is a good young man who talks about the law. The foreign worker is even more confused if his heart is pure.
Then the U.S. government and large consortiums (surfaced through large corporations) and the Red Dragon’s super-large state-owned enterprise (PetroChina?) began their cruel underground oil politics. Four pure people were crushed by this meat grinder in different black ways. Broken, their common problem is: before participating in the game, they did not understand the real dark and dirty rules of the game! ! ! (For details, please refer to other people's careful analysis, so I won't say more.) But where is the way out for "protecting world peace"? "Sirna" didn't explain it thoroughly, but only saw the little handsome consultant and the lawyer Xiaohei who had experienced hell on earth returning to their former place-home with a lot of thoughts and tired faces.
In fact, from the perspective of international politics, all four of them are poor wage earners, ignorant and immersed in them.
Then, life still has to go on. Perhaps, the lawyer Xiao Hei has since become tired of the politics in the legal business and has become depressed. He has become a hangover "dead" lawyer like his father (his father must be a man with a story when he was young, and the film implies ), or become addicted to politics, a few decades later, he became a new Whiting—his big boss (also hinted in the movie).
These two types of possibilities for political shady also apply to Dimon, the little handsome oil consultant, and more applicable to you and me-all living people: resistance-physical destruction; retreat-preservation; identification-personality Depraved.
I have nothing to say about this.
Using diamonds to talk about politics, but African political issues have not been thoroughly discussed. The authenticity of the film is okay, it just beautifies something that is too idealistic; it is too short-sighted to criticize the fundamentals. Talking about politics with oil, the political issues in the Middle East have basically been discussed, and deep and sad criticism has been given.
This is enough.
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