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Tears of the Sun (2003)
Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins
Synopsis: Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) and his elite team of Navy SEALS have their work cut out for them when they are dispatched to war-torn Nigeria with orders to rescue an American citizen, Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci). The mission is pretty cut and dry except for one glitch: Dr. Kendricks... Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) and his elite team of Navy SEALS have their work cut out for them when they are dispatched to war-torn Nigeria with orders to rescue an American citizen, Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci). The mission is pretty cut and dry except for one glitch: Dr. Kendricks will have to abandon the natives to whom she has been providing healthcare and those that work in the mission where her rudimentary hospital is located. Of course, Dr. Kendricks refuses to leave without her people, forcing Lt. Waters to choose between completing his orders as directed or putting the lives of his men on the line by helping the refugees cross the border to Cameroon on foot. To complicate matters, the group is being pursued by militant guerillas who destroy everything in their path. Willis is in top DIE HARD form as Lt. Waters, a touch-as-nails military man who confronts his conscience and makes decisions that surprise even him as he finds himself influenced by the stubborn Dr. Kendricks. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY), this film offers an enlightening and disturbing look at the conditions that permeate war-torn countries. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Tom Skerritt
Screenwriter: Patrick Cirillo, Robert Orr, Alex Lasker
Producer: Mike Lobell, Arnold Rifkin, Ian Bryce
Composer: Hans Zimmer
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 5, 2009
UMD Features:
- Region 1
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Reviews
The movie regales us with the heroics of a (mostly) white American platoon picking off anonymous black savages.
A huge screaming bore of a war flick with a big plate of pretentiousness on the side.
...an unapologetic paean to the nobility of the American foot solider.
A tale of courage so facile and off-handedly racist that only Hollywood could have invented it. It confuses slaughter with action, and it's stupid, too.
... Fuqua relies on old-fashioned, gung-ho heroics and the stern face of Bruce Willis to carry the show.
Tears of the Sun... [tells us]how the chain of command can be ignored if you 'feel' you have a better idea. Let’s hope no one takes this seriously.
Ao contrário de insultos como Falcão Negro em Perigo e Fomos Heróis, o protagonista deste filme investe numa causa nobre. E isso faz toda a diferença.
Offers a heroism high on condition that you can ditch disbelief ASAP.
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