An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide. Directed by Edward Zwick, this intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact.