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Tears of the Sun (2003)

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Reviews Counted:148

Fresh:50

Rotten:98

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: Tries to be high-minded, but in the end, it's just a stylish action movie.

Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $43,426,961

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... 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]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan

Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Tom Skerritt, Eamonn Walker, Akosua Busia, Nick Chinlund, Paul Francis, Peter Mensah

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenwriter: Patrick Cirillo, Robert Orr, Alex Lasker
Producer: Mike Lobell, Arnold Rifkin, Ian Bryce
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

The movie regales us with the heroics of a (mostly) white American platoon picking off anonymous black savages.

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09/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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12/06/05
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A huge screaming bore of a war flick with a big plate of pretentiousness on the side.

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05/28/05
Scott Weinberg
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DVDTalk.com

...an unapologetic paean to the nobility of the American foot solider.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
07/06/04
Jake Euker
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05/19/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

... Fuqua relies on old-fashioned, gung-ho heroics and the stern face of Bruce Willis to carry the show.

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
01/04/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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.

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11/28/03
Pablo Villaca
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11/11/03
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10/01/03
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Offers a heroism high on condition that you can ditch disbelief ASAP.

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09/22/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Movies like Tears of the Sun, which are not up to getting immersed in current events, should just stay away from history entirely.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
09/14/03
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
 
 
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