The background of the "Blood Diamond" story is Sierra Leone during the civil war in the 1990s. The protagonist Danny Archer, a former mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandi, a fisherman. This is how two people who have different historical backgrounds and living environments should not have any intersection, but their destinies are closely linked by a rare pink diamond. In Africa, such a diamond can indeed change a person's life.or end that person's life.
Solomon was just an ordinary fisherman, but he was born in troubled times and was forcibly taken away from his family by the rebels to mine diamonds. During the mining process, Solomon found a rare pink diamond and ventured to hide it. He knew that if things were revealed, he would definitely die. But in order to change the fate of his wife and daughters as refugees, he decided to take the risk. The rebel guards discovered Solomon's private diamonds and used guns to force Solomon to surrender the diamonds. Just as Solomon was about to hand over the diamonds, government forces launched an attack on the diamond mine. The guard was shot and fell to the ground. Solomon picked up the machete, dug a small hole not far away, and buried the diamond in the small hole. As soon as the diamonds were buried, they were captured by government forces.
Danny makes a living trading diamonds and arms, and is a war monger through and through. When he learned that Solomon had hidden diamonds in prison for smuggling, he realized that this might be the only opportunity in his life to leave Africa forever, and forever out of this vicious circle full of violence and corruption. Danny released himself and Solomon on bail through friends, but Liberty City was captured by the rebels. After escaping from the dead, they began to look for diamonds, but it was not easy. He could only rely on the American journalist McGrady who had only one side. · Bowen.
McGrady is an idealist. She came to Sierra Leone to uncover the dark scenes in the diamond trade and to find warlords who relied on diamonds for profit and disregarded human lives. She wanted to use Danny as a clue to find the truth, but she didn't know that Danny needed her more at this time.
Started a difficult trek within the firepower of the rebels. Danny needs Solomon to take him to find diamonds, but Solomon is worried about something more precious than diamonds-his son.
