Tears of the Sun (Special Edition) | 
| Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker, Johnny Messner
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  272 reviews
Sales Rank: 8161
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D09751D
ISBN: 1404902740
UPC: 043396097513
EAN: 9781404902749
ASIN: B000095WW8
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 2003
Release Date: June 10, 2003
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While it offers nothing new to the military action genre, Tears of the Sun distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship, and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of Black Hawk Down, involving a crack team of U.S. Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amidst the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skillful team enters a hot zone that gets even hotter when their "package"--an American national (Monica Bellucci) who runs the isolated mission--demands that 70 Nigerian villagers be included in the rescue. Willis's uneasy conscience leads him to defy orders and expand his mission, and in an ambitious follow up to Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's Die Hard series, and released on the eve of America's war with Iraq, Tears of the Sun admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs. political evil. --Jeff Shannon
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 teqars review June 7, 2009
David C. Brooks (Folsom, CA. USA)
Bruce willis is perfect for this role. Blu-Ray adds to excellent film. Story line lays the moral issues right on the table for the audience to judge. The political implications and "national interest" flow right to the real world issues in today's Africa and other areas of the world. The characters are well developed through the film and the raw action and violence are not just add ons but integral to the storyline. In addition, the glimpse into SEALS tactics and mission go right to the Somali piracy of 2009. highly recommended.
 Not worthwhile May 10, 2009
Christopher Meraz
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Picture quality is impacted because so much of this film is shot in very dark conditions. Also, someone on the production team seems to think that Bruce Willis' face can be substituted for good scenery. I bet his face took up half of the overall area on film for this movie. My biggest single gripe is that I found the plot completely implausible, and the characters impossible to get attached to.
 'War Movie' With A Noble Message May 4, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The is a solid "war" movie with U.S. Navy Seals, led by Bruce Willis, rescuing an American doctor and 70 of her patients from war-torn Nigeria. This is violent and bloody in parts but definitely not another war flick overdone with violence.
This is beautifully-filmed, artistic in spots and I'm curious what the Blu-Ray version looks like. The sound is excellent, too.
National critics didn't like this movie. I suspect one big reason is that they are used to seeing films in which Christians are shown as sympathetic victims of persecution.
Willis is perfect for this role as the strong, stone-faced leader. Monica Bellucci could have been a little more likable as the doctor. The story gets a little too melodramatic at the end, but it's tolerable.
This is not a family film by any means, because of the violence, perhaps 20 f-words and a dozen abuses of the Lord's name in vain. Still, an interesting movie with a different slant, and at least has a noble message.
"God already left Africa..." April 9, 2009
L Gontzes (Athens, Greece)
Tears of the Sun sheds light (as it should do) on the reality of what is going on in much of Africa: war, atrocities, child soldiers, refugees, bad governance/corruption, and the scrambling for natural resources. An elite unit of U.S. NAVY SEALs is ordered into Nigeria to escort an American doctor and three Europeans (a Catholic priest and two nuns) to safety, following a coup staged by the northern Muslim Fulani tribe against the southern Christian Ibo tribe for control of the oil-rich nation. During the mission the unit's commander witnesses the atrocities committed by rebel fighters, disobeys orders, and engages the perpetrators. As a result, he decides to take up the task of escorting a group of refugees across the border into neighboring Cameroon. Things will be further complicated when hundreds of Muslim fighters giving chase seem particularly interested in one of the refugees...
Bruce Willis (in a familiar role) and the rest of the cast carry out their performances well (though nothing extraordinary), however, Monica Bellucci's character as well as her acting were surprisingly not that great or convincing (she was rather annoying for a change). The likelihood that a crack team would jeopardize its mission and risk embarrassing the U.S. on humanitarian grounds is highly unlikely. Moreover, logic dictates that the SEALs will be court-marshalled and imprisoned for their actions, none of which is shown in the movie. Nevertheless, the film will provide for more than just a few thrills not to mention a few tears.
Tears of the Sun is strongly recommended along with Blood Diamond and Hotel Rwanda for those with an interest in Africa.
Great movie, good story and full of action January 26, 2009
William E. Arledge III (Orient, OH USA)
In this movie, Bruce Willis is part of a Special Forces unit that is deployed into a war-torn part of Africa with instructions to certain extract US citizens that are working at a missionary. Willis and his team battle and evade a large force that is quickly tracking them throughout there journey to the extraction zone. Along the way they confront and eliminate a group of men that are carrying out their mission of ethnic cleansing. While this is nothing like the Die Hard series, this is still a very good movie in its own way and I am surprised at the number of negative reviews on this movie.
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