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Tears of the Sun
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Video On Demand
Release Date: November 14, 2008
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 06, 2003
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Rating:  - Pretty good movie
The story is pretty good and the acting is also, though Black Hawk Down is a better movie overall.
Rating:  - Contradictions Blur
It is its contradictions that make Tears of the Sun challenging to judge and which no doubt account for the wide disparities in opinion. On the one hand are the pitfalls of corny dialogue, logical stretches, and a weak performance by Willis. On the other hand is the drama of the faintly addressed but seething issues of human rights, multilateralism, and the limits of military power. Tears doesn't deal with these complexities with the finiteness of a film like Platoon, nor does it possess the visual ... Read More
Rating: - Price of conscience
Like BLACK HAWK DOWN, TEARS OF THE SUN is ultimately a Hollywood action film with a strong military basis. But like BLACK HAWK, I highly recommend it for its outstanding production values and as-good-as-you're-likely-to-get portrayal of the difficulties of direct action intervention in African ethnic cleansing.
TEARS lacks BLACK HAWK's tight, no-nonsense script, but Antoine Fuqua has crafted a visually beautiful, and his control over the long-take, wide-angle action sequences is flawless. ... Read More
Rating: - Neither really good or really bad, but worthwhile for a few reasons
"Tears of the Sun" (2003) tells the story of a squadron of Navy Seals lead by Bruce Willis who are on mission in Nigeria to remove a beautiful American doctor (Monica Belucci) from a Christian village before evil Islamic militants move in and annihilate 'em all. Belucci insists that "her people" go with them. Willis initially refuses but later has a change of heart. Since there are too many to remove via helicoptor, they have no choice but to lead 'em out on foot to the Carmeroon border. Will they make ... Read More
Rating:  - Tears of the Sun on Blu-Ray
Tears of the Sun is one of the best war movies I have seen years. It is amazing how real a movie becomes on Blu-Ray.
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