Blood Diamond--血鑽石--
影片簡介︰
To acquire the weapons by smuggling diamonds, Sierra Leone, during the civil war in 1999, was also a significant place for illegal diamond mining and transaction.
Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman was captured and enslaved to work in the diamond fields by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, either his son, Dia, was conscripted into the rebel forces. His family broke up. While working in the RUF diamond fields as a forced laborer, Solomon finds a large, pink diamond inside a broken big pipe in the diamond fields. In order to enable his family have much better living, he tried to hide the diamond, yet it failed. The warlord sees Solomon hiding the diamond. However, before he got the stone, he was injured in an attack by government forces, and both he and Solomon are taken to prison in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. While in prison, Solomon met Danny Archer, an ex-mercenary turned smuggler, arranging for his release from prison and offers to help him find his family in exchange for the diamond. Danny and Solomon find their way to Maddy Bowen, an American journalist, who helped Solomon track down his family. But soon, Maddy learned that Danny was using Solomon to find his diamond and would eventually steal it for himself, to leave Africa forever. So she refused to help Danny unless he can tell her about the diamond market to stop the flow of blood diamonds out of Africa, cutting off funding for Civil War and ending a mass revolution. Danny gave Maddy the information that she wants and gets access to use the press convoy to travel to Kono to find the diamond. Under a succession of actions, Danny’s original intention had been swayed. Finally, they achieve these desperate missions, Solomon retrieved his family and the truth of blood diamond had been exposed to the public.
由於鑽石走私可以換取武器，1999年內戰炮火籠罩下的塞拉利昂也是鑽石非法開採和交易的重要集散地。漁民所羅門的兒子迪亞被擄為叛軍童兵，而他自己也被叛軍捉去做礦工，使得妻女淪為難民。在礦場他發現了一顆稀有的粉紅鑽石，為了使家人過上安穩的生活，他把這顆鑽石藏了起來。但事情很快敗露，叛軍要挾他交出鑽石，否則讓他的兒子送死。在去取鑽石的路上，他又被政府軍當作叛軍投入監獄。在獄中，所羅門遇到了丹尼·阿徹，一個原為雇傭兵，發戰爭財的鑽石軍火走私販。他早已聽說粉鑽的消息並打算藉此一夜暴富，逃離非洲。丹尼設法聯繫到了一位一面之交，調查血鑽內幕的美國女記者麥迪·鮑文。女記者深知只有這位走私販能夠引領她走近真相，於是下決心幫助他們逃脫監獄。在麥迪的求真理想和索羅門的非凡勇氣面前，丹尼的內心開始動搖，他最終領悟到了生活和愛情的真諦。
(quote：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Diamond_(film))
推薦原因︰
The plots not only moved me, but also made me know something about the Third World whether the story is real or not. So, more than exciting, I think the reality and meaning of the movie were the reasons why I recommend this film.
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