A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival intinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.

 background of the story "Blood Diamond" is on nineties in the civil war in Sierra Leone. The hero of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), one from Zimbabwe's former mercenary, and Solomon Vatican Di (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman. Is has a different historical background and living environment should not have any intersection of two people, their fate has been a rare pink diamond closely linked together. In Africa, so that a diamond indeed can change a person's life ... or to terminate that person's life. Solomon was originally just an ordinary fishermen, but was born in troubled times, the rebels forced away from his family to mine diamonds. Solomon in the mining process to find a rare pink diamond and adventure into hiding. He knew that if things are brought to light that he would be certain death. However, in order to change his wife and daughters as the fate of the refugees, the more important is to save his son Dia, a young soldier's life, he decided to take the risk. But soon after became public, the rebel leader to his son's fortune tellers to blackmail, asking him to immediately hand over the diamond. Solomon reluctantly go back and look for diamonds, but in the way the Sierra Leone army as rebel soldiers rounded up in jail. Danny to the diamond and arms trading for a living, is a downright war-mongers. Solomon hiding the diamond something in prison that he was smuggled into the prison, he realized that this may be the opportunity of his life only once for out of Africa, always out of the vicious circle of violence and corruption. But first, he must go out from prison. And now he can only rely on only one side edge of U.S. reporter Tracy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly,). Tracy is an idealist, she came to Sierra Leone in order to unveil the Inside Story of the diamond trade to find out the warlords at the expense of human lives depend on diamonds for profit. She wanted to use Danny as a clue to find the truth, but I do not know at this time Danny also need her - he and Solomon came up with the prison. In Madison with the help of two to leave the prison, began the difficult journey to the rebel fire within. Daniel needs Solomon took him to find the diamond, but Solomon was bent on thinking about something more precious than diamonds - his son ... Danny is, he needs to leave the war-torn Africa; Solomon is To save his son and family; Mandy is opened Diamond shady, as first reported by her long-cherished wish. Three unrelated strangers, a rare pink diamond, a bloody civil war killing, above the the shallots vast African continent, if they can find salvation?