Blood Diamond Movie Summary

It is 1999 and the troubled West African nation of sierra Leone is ravaged by major political unrest. Rebel factions such as the Revolutionary United face frequently terrorize the open countryside, intimidating Mende locals and enslaving many to harvest baseball fields, which fund their increasingly successful fight effort. One such unfortunate is fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), from Shenge, who has been assigned to a workforce overseen by a unmerciful fightlord, Captain embitter (David Harewood).On a particularly tense morning, Vandy discovers an enormous pink infield in the riverside and buries it in the soft realm. Captain Poi tidings learns of the stone, but before he can act on this knowledge the area is raided by government security forces. Both men are subsequently incarcerated in capital of sierra Leone along with Danny archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white Rhodesian gunrunner jailed while attempting to import diamonds into Liberia for corrupt South African mining executive Rudolph new wave de Kaap (Marius Weyers). Having managed to learn of the pink diamonds existence, genus Sagittarius arranges to wealthy per watchword Vandy freed from detention.He then travels to Cape Town, meeting with his former military contacts, including Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo) an Afrikaner late of the apartheid-era South African demurral Force now freelancing with a one-on-one military firm. Archer remarks that he hopes to abscond with Vandys stone and give up the Dark Continent forever, but Coetzee indicates that his lost stake in Archers botched Liberian operation entitles him to the diamond as compensation. The former returns to Sierra Leone, locates Vandy, and offers to help him find his family if he will recover his prize.Meanwhile, RUF insurgents initiate an escalation of hostilities. capital of Sierra Leone falls to their ad cutting edgece while Vandys son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is among those rounded up to serve as a baby bird soldier und er a liberated Captain envenom. Archer and Vandy narrowly escape to Guinea, where they plan to transit Kono with an American journalist, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), in exchange for giving her inside information on the illicit diamond trade. Coetzee and his cloistered army also turn up in the region, having been contracted by local authorities to resist the renewed rebel offensive.While Bowen is evacuated with her story, the two men set out for Captain Poisons former encampment on their own. Dia, now stationed with the RUF garrison there, is confronted although he refuses to acknowledge his father. Archer radios the sites coordinates to Coetzee, who directs an air strike via an Mi-24 helicopter gunship. Vandy locates Captain Poison and beats him to death with a shovel while attacking mercenaries rout the warlords surviving men. Coeztee then forces a reluctant Vandy to produce the diamond, but is shot by Archer, who has deduced that he will generate them both eliminated in one case their usefulness has expired.Dia holds them both at gunpoint, although Vandy convinces him of his own retained innocence and the two consummate their previous bond. Archer discloses he has been mortally wounded and cannot proceed as anticipated. He entrusts the stone to Vandy, ordering him to take it for his family. Vandy and his son rendezvous with a charter pilot, Nabil (Jimi Mistry), who flies them to safety while Archer makes a final bid call to Maddy Bowen, charging her to assist Vandy, as well as giving her consent to publish his revelations of the diamond trade, presentment her Its a real story now.Gazing across the landscape, he grasps a handful of bloodstained human beings and dies peacefully, fulfilling Coetzees prediction that the exportr would never give way his African home. Shortly afterwards, Vandy, who is now living in England, meets with representatives of cara caravan de Kaap, who wishes to acquire his jewel. Bowen photographs the deal for publicatio n in her article detailing the trade in conflict gems and exposes van de Kaaps criminal actions. Meanwhile, Vandys guest appearance at a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley is met with a standing ovation.Blood Diamond Movie SummaryIt is 1999 and the troubled West African nation of Sierra Leone is ravaged by major political unrest. Rebel factions such as the Revolutionary United lie frequently terrorize the open countryside, intimidating Mende locals and enslaving many to harvest diamonds, which fund their increasingly successful war effort. One such unfortunate is fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), from Shenge, who has been assigned to a workforce overseen by a ruthless warlord, Captain Poison (David Harewood).On a particularly tense morning, Vandy discovers an enormous pink diamond in the riverbank and buries it in the soft earth. Captain Poison learns of the stone, but before he can act on this knowledge the area is raided by government security forces. Both men are subsequently incarcerated in Freetown along with Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white Rhodesian gunrunner jailed while attempting to smuggle diamonds into Liberia for corrupt South African mining executive Rudolph van de Kaap (Marius Weyers). Having managed to learn of the pink diamonds existence, Archer arranges to have Vandy freed from detention.He then travels to Cape Town, meeting with his former military contacts, including Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo) an Afrikaner late of the apartheid-era South African defense team Force now freelancing with a private military firm. Archer remarks that he hopes to abscond with Vandys stone and leave the Dark Continent forever, but Coetzee indicates that his lost stake in Archers botched Liberian operation entitles him to the diamond as compensation. The former returns to Sierra Leone, locates Vandy, and offers to help him find his family if he will recover his prize.Meanwhile, RUF insurgents initiate an escalation of hostilities. Fr eetown falls to their advance while Vandys son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is among those rounded up to serve as a pip-squeak soldier under a liberated Captain Poison. Archer and Vandy narrowly escape to Guinea, where they plan to filter Kono with an American journalist, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), in exchange for giving her inside information on the illicit diamond trade. Coetzee and his private army also turn up in the region, having been contracted by local authorities to drive back the renewed rebel offensive.While Bowen is evacuated with her story, the two men set out for Captain Poisons former encampment on their own. Dia, now stationed with the RUF garrison there, is confronted although he refuses to acknowledge his father. Archer radios the sites coordinates to Coetzee, who directs an air strike via an Mi-24 helicopter gunship. Vandy locates Captain Poison and beats him to death with a shovel while attacking mercenaries rout the warlords surviving men. Coeztee then forces a reluctant Vandy to produce the diamond, but is shot by Archer, who has deduced that he will have them both eliminated one time their usefulness has expired.Dia holds them both at gunpoint, although Vandy convinces him of his own retained innocence and the two consummate their previous bond. Archer discloses he has been mortally wounded and cannot proceed as anticipated. He entrusts the stone to Vandy, ordering him to take it for his family. Vandy and his son rendezvous with a charter pilot, Nabil (Jimi Mistry), who flies them to safety while Archer makes a final holler call to Maddy Bowen, charging her to assist Vandy, as well as giving her consent to publish his revelations of the diamond trade, heavy her Its a real story now.Gazing across the landscape, he grasps a handful of bloodstained earth and dies peacefully, fulfilling Coetzees prediction that the smuggler would never leave his African home. Shortly afterwards, Vandy, who is now living in England, meets with representa tives of van de Kaap, who wishes to acquire his jewel. Bowen photographs the deal for publication in her article detailing the trade in conflict gems and exposes van de Kaaps criminal actions. Meanwhile, Vandys guest appearance at a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley is met with a standing ovation.