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The Hollywood film industry is celebrated for the numerous thrillers, epics, and

splatter films collections that showcase brutality, love, betrayal, fear, and people's

anxieties about the happenings in the world. The Battle of Troy and the Blood Diamond

film industries present us with the inhumane acts that human beings can be involved in

when pushed to the edge.

In a bid to address government and political issues, these films expose the

brutality of war, civil wars, technological advancement and recently, the acceptance of

the use of force to achieve certain personal goals. The Hollywood film industry provides

the audiences with the opportunity to see their fears come to be fulfilled when the worst

moments happen.

Blood Diamond is a movie based on the brutal killings in Sierra Leone. It got its

name from the mine areas of war that was used to support insurgencies. This followed the

1991 to 2002 attacks by the Revolutionary United Front with the initial intent to fight for

the poor in Sierra Leone (Abu 2003). A different dimension was, however, encountered

when the group lost its founding purpose. Instead, it ravaged the villages in Sierra Leone,

causing deaths of many innocent civilians that resulted in a significant number of

refugees. Based on the conflict, a lot of destructions occurred, especially on the

infrastructure. Abu (2003) pointed out that the war significantly violated various human

rights and dignity as women and girls were raped, young men and children shot.

Those who were captured were brutally murdered as some had their limbs

mutilated. Others were taken as slaves to work in the diamond mines. Diamond was an

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important mineral for the Revolutionary United Front. This was because it was a source

of income, being traded for weapons and ammunitions. The bulk of the mineral was taken

illegally through smuggling out of Sierra Leone through Liberia, where Charles Taylor,

the warlord and later the president gave support to the rebels (Greg 2004).

The Blood Diamond Movie significantly exposes the greed in the society. This is

seen as Archer is willing to help Solomon find his family for the sake of the hidden

diamond. Also, it clearly portrays the strong family culture brought out by Solomon's

willingness and frantic search for his family despite the odds. Furthermore, it greatly

highlights the plight of the civilians during cases of unlawfulness.

All the films, Baby, the Blood Diamond, and the Trojan War, share a lot of

similarities. They involve brutal killing, rape and property destruction. Also, the primary

cause of conflicts is due to greed and personal interests. The Trojan War was due to Paris'

lust as well as Agamemnon's desire to conquer Trojan so as to expand his territory and

control trade (Bryce 2005). In Blood Diamond, the war is fuelled by the greed of a few

individuals such to control the diamond wealth.

Furthermore, all the three movies are set on strong political influences. In Trojan,

Agamemnon has a large army but still wish to extend his political superiority. On the

other hand, Blood Diamond is set on a politically unstable country of Sierra Leone giving

room for civil war. It is clear from the three movies that the most marginalized people

such as women and children are the ones who suffer. Also, they depict the impacts of war

as many people in Sierra Leon escape as refugees. The same is seen in Trojan where the

few surviving Trojans had to flee for safety.

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The greatest difference is their cultural setup and functions. Trojan is set up in the

pre-colonial Greek based on Greek's traditions. It is a culture where the success of any

individual is based on his wealth and army. It indicates that conflicts could be solved

through peaceful negations failure to which people resort to physical combat. Blood

Diamond, however, is set on the post-colonial culture. There is the use of guns with no

peaceful negotiations; instead, the offenders are arrested and jailed.

The Blood Diamond movie portrays the value of women in the society. This is

because it was the American woman journalist Braddy who brought the evil deeds to

light. In Trojan, however, women are portrayed as properties that can lead to war. Baby is

set on the Indian cultural background, with the omission of music which is an important

Hindu tradition.

The transportations of diamond from Sierra Leon through Liberia and finally to

the United States indicates the high level of globalization. Both films are transnational as

the War of Trojan cuts across different kingdoms; from Greek to Trojan. The same

applies for the Blood Diamond, with the trade taking place between the various nations

such as Liberia and United States. There is high censorship in both films due to certain

brutal and sexual scenes to comply with the government film censorship policy. The

shooting of Baby across various nations and towns such as Abu Dhabi indicates the

globalization in the movie industry.

All the three films have clearly brought out the theme of film power on social

change. The Blood Diamond film brought to light the evil of diamonds as a mineral to

people' lives. This is confirmed by the Kimberley Conference in South Africa to address

the issue of illegal trade on the diamond. In Trojan, Paris learns the importance of respect

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though late. The death of Achilles is a lesson for people to be respectful and humbled.

Had he humbled himself and listened to his mother, he would have not died. The death of

Agamemnon clearly shows that through greed, people perish.

The film BABY begins with the destruction of twelve crackdown team of secret

agents, with only four of them remaining. The BABY, a counterterrorism mission meant

to last four to five years is coming to an end. Rasheed Naz is planning a deadly terror

attack in India. Ajay, however, spoils the plot, stopping the planned attack (The Times of

India 2015).

Contextual Reviews

Trojan: The Battle of Troy (2004)

Trojan, the Battle of Troy is a First Cinema world hit that was released in 2004 as

the world and highly watched, and Award nominated epic movie with a rating of 7.2/10.

This is a collection of films that mostly register a collective tales of love, betrayal,

heroism, and passion. It is a war that has been passed from generations to generations

since the beginning of civilization. Based in ancient Greek, the film greatly follows the

Greek tradition and culture.

The Troy movie, based on the Homer's epic poem called The Iliad, records the

legendary Trojan War. It follows the attack on the fortress city wall by the army of Greek

under the leadership of Menelaus from Sparta and Agamemnon the king of Mycenae

(Carabatea 2007: Rutter 2007). The cause of the war is as a result of the last of Paris

(Orlando Bloom), the Trojan Prince. Paris seduced Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of

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the city-state of Sparta. This was during their visit to Sparta for a peace talk to settle the

long strife between Sparta and Trojan (Cline 2012).

Paris' action greatly angers both his brother Hector (Eric Bana) and Menelaus

(Brendan Gleeson) Helen's husband. Hector pointed out that it was wrong for Paris to go

on a peace mission and leave with the king's wife. The seduction of Helen causes the king

to seek his brother's support, leading to a great Greek army setting sail to go and attack

the unpenetrable Trojan city wall.

Summary

15/2004/2hr43min

Genre

Epic, war

Release Date

may, 2004

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Language

English

Among the soldiers is Achilles (Brad Pitt), the greatest Greek warrior who could not

be defeated in any battle. Thinking that Agamemnon has poor leadership skills, he leads his

fighters, fighting independently from the main army. His pride and disrespect for Agamemnon

causes hatred between them. Achilles does not support Agamemnon until his cousin Patroclus

(Garret Hedlund) wears his helmet and armor and looks like Achilles. He leads Achilles' army

into the battlefield, only to be slain by Hector.

Before his helmet is removed, all the fighters think that Achilles has been slain. To

their surprise upon removal of his helmet, that they realize it is Achilles' cousin. This news

reaches Achilles, who becomes curious and sets out to avenge his brother's death. He sets to go

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out and face Hector, his cousin's killer. Hector bravely comes out to face the unbeaten Achilles;

however, he is effortlessly killed.

After twists and turns, the movie comes to an end after the death of Achilles. The

epitome of the scene is the death of the Agamemnon, who is stabbed in the neck by the female

servant, Achilles' lover. He shoots Achilles severally in the chest but kills him on the spot with a

single first shot on his ankle (Carabatea 2007). The surviving Trojans escape while the city of

Trojan is set ablaze. Achilles is given a proper send-off, and the Greek armies conquer and

occupy Trojan city, making the end of Troy city.

Blood Diamond (2007)

It is based on historical civil war and chaos that engulfed Sierra Leone in 1990. This is an

adventurous, drama and thriller movie full of action. It is a story of DiCaprio (Danny Archer)

who was an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe and a Mende Fisherman Hounsou (Solomon Vandy).

These are both African men though their histories and circumstances differed until fate brought

them together, as well as the Reporter Maddy Bowen. Theirs was a quest to find a unique, rare

pink diamond that was a kind of stone that could totally transform someone's life substantially or

even bring it to an end through death.

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Rating

Rated R for strong violence and language

Runtime

143 min

Home Release Date

Mar 20, 2007

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Countries

USA Germany

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Languages

English, Afrikaans, Mende

Director

Edward Zwick

The film begins with an invasion by the Revolutionary United Front militia. The

attack is carried out majorly by the rebel children who fired at the escaping villagers at

Solomon's community. The fighting rebels were children soldiers kidnaped from their

families and trained to kill mercilessly (David 2005). Solomon was unfortunate and got

caught during the raid. He is captured and like others, taken as a slave to work in the

Revolutionary United Front diamond mines.

A few years later, his son also gets arrested upon completion of his elementary

studies. Solomon sees his son being taught together with children his age to fight. The

teaching majorly involved how to forget their families, fire different kinds of weapons

and to ruthlessly kill and destroy property. Abu (2003) states that they are taught the

fundamentals of Revolutionary United Front and are required to pledge loyalty to

Revolutionary United Front and its leadership.

Solomon luckily discovers a valuable and largely remarkable pink diamond. For

safety, he buries it so that no one finds it. Shortly, the Sierra Leone Army launches a

violent airstrike aimed to wipe out the rebels. Fortunately, Solomon and a few others

survive. However, they are arrested and taken to jail in the capital of Sierra Leone where

they are detained as rebels despite being used as slaves by the Revolutionary United

Front rebels.

Coincidentally, Danny Archer also gets arrested due to a foul diamond transaction

deal. He is taken to the same jail and learns of Solomon's hidden fortune. Due to greed,

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Archer begins to arrange the release of Solomon with the hope of getting the hidden

Diamond as a reward for helping him find his family. Archer then searches for Maddy

Bowen, an American journalist interested in doing a story concerning the blood diamonds

(Greg 2004). Archer gives Maddy his word that he would give her all the information

regarding the world's largest diamond corporation. All she needed was to help Solomon

find his family.

Maddy is lucky enough to get her long search for the story, as both Solomon and

Maddy take their journey to South Africa to attend a Kimberley Conference. At the

Conference, they meet other representatives from large diamond producing and trading

countries. The meeting is aimed at finding solutions to the blood diamond and Solomon

gets an opportunity to testify as an eyewitness (Alison 2008).

BABY (2015)

Baby is a First Cinema Bollywood film released with a rating of 4.5 out of 5. Its

writer and director Neeraj Pandey has put forth an interesting movie. This is a world class

film worth watching. Unlike Indian films, Baby is a unique Bollywood film not

characterized by any Indian song. It features Firoze Ali Khan who heads a special

investigative branch of commandos named Baby (The Times of India 2015).

Running Time

159 minutes

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Date

Jan, 2015

Director

Neeraj Pandey

Language

Hindi

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The film begins with a conversation between a senior minister and Ali. He states

that the Government must win the confidence of the Indian Muslim communities because

Pakistan seemed to be exploiting the community's belief of being alienated. Interestingly,

the undercover agent (Ali Khan) does the unthinkable. He gets up from his seat, closes

the door and confidently comes back to slap an imperative official as his boss watches.

This reveals the daring acts of an agent who is a protagonist playing with dangerous

situations.

The brave act ascertains the fact that the patriotism of the violent heroes ought not

to be considered serious. This is in line with the belief of the film in regards to violence,

heroism, and patriotism. According to The Times of India (2015), the film is in line with

a fictional team of secret agents, a temporary counterterrorism team called Baby

constituted following the Mumbai attacks in 2008. It handles searching and eliminating

terror groups, and is headed by Danny Denzongpa (Feroz Khan).

Ajay Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar) informs Taufeeq (Mujib Khan) who is an ISI

agent of his defense for a family of the Muslim community. This was during the riots in

Gujarat. He further states that he has classified Indian Religion, putting it in all the forms

filed. This sets the stage for the film, indicating that terror groups do not have a religion

and no particular community should be allied with terror activities.

The screenplay is that of BABY, the hero. It flows systematically, taking the

viewer on a journey of thrilling moments and surprises. Simple humor that keeps one

entertained all through is used to enhance conversations. The life of Ajay involves

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operations without letting his wife know his job. Ajay's wife (Madhurima Tuli) does not

know her husband's job details.

Ajay tries to rescue a fellow Indian secret agent in Turkey, and in the process

arrests his junior traitor who had worked under him but later turned against them. He

informs Ajay of a planned bomb attack in Delhi that would cause destruction in a mall in

New Delhi which together with his team are able can prevent. Their investigations reveal

that this was among a series of such planned attacks.

Maulana (Rashed Naz), the mastermind of the terror group, is causing lots of

threats along the India and Pakistan border. With lots of skills, he manages to plan and

carry out an escape for Bilal (Kay Kay Menon). Immediately, a team of secret agents is

dispatched and manages to get Taufiq, an ISI agent pretending to be the local leader.

Through torture, Ajay obtains information regarding their contacts locally (The Times of

India 2015). To achieve their objective, the secret agent team goes undercover.

Unfortunately, a bomb explosion occurs, killing all of the mission team except Ajay.

In conclusion, BABY is one of the finest Bollywood films ever featured in Indian

movie history. This is not only because of the perfectly balanced creativity and thought

but also the best credentials of the cinema.

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References

Abu, B 2003, "Network Movement for Justice and Development in Sierra Leone"

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Alison, MS. 2008, "Can There Be a "Kindered" Peace?" Ethics & International

Affairs: University of St. Andrews.

Bryce, T. 2005. "The Trojans and their Neighbors"

Carabatea, M. 2007. "Greek Mythology"

Cline, H. 2012, "The Bronze Age Aegean" Oxford Handbook: Oxford University

Press, USA.

David MR. 2005." Armies of the Young" In Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism

Greg C. 2004. "Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones" In

Blood Diamonds. The Diamond Trade in Sierra Leone

Rutter, J. B. 2007, Troy VII and the Historicity of the Trojan War: Retrieved on

16th September 2015.

The Times of India 2015, “Baby Movie Review”

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