blood diamond

Blood diamond is Edward Zwick’s film, who is also film director of ‘Last Samurai’. The film begins with Solomon (Djimon Hounsou), an African fisherman in a small village that is attacked by RUF (Revolutionary United Front), a group of mutineer that creates war in their own country, Sierra Leone (Africa). Solomon saves his family, but he is separated from his family in the process and forced to work in the diamond fields. Here is the bad and good luck that fall upon Salomon. The good luck is he finds an extremely large pink diamond, which he hides from RUF. But the bad luck is when he smuggle the diamond, the boss of RUF detect him and throws him in jail. But before RUF throw him in jail, Solomon successfully keep that diamond for himself in the river bank of Kono. In prison, he met Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an African soldier which is also diamond smuggler. While in jail for smuggling, Danny learns that Solomon has found and hidden the extremely large diamond .Danny listen to talk about the diamond, and after he’s released he springs Solomon in an attempt to broker a deal that will benefit them. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose romanticism is tempered by a deepening relationship with Danny, Danny and Solomon embark on a journey through rebel land. Danny died in the war.

RUF have failed in getting the diamond so they manipulate Salomon’s son, Dia to take vengeance to Solomon. Solomon try to get back the lost diamond. In his journey, Solomon met Dia, who is now the crew of RUF and also a killer.
In the end, the affection towards his family and the struggle of Solomon could reunite his family and find the lost diamond.