Tears of the Sun

Rating:
Summary: Awesome, Inspirational
Review: I have seen the movie three times and have invited friends to see it with me. The movie is awesome and inspirational. The music, the cinematography, the plot, the development of the characters were all excellent. I can recommend this movie as a must for teenagers and adults.
In an age of confusion, chaos and confusion, Tears of the Sun clearly illustrates the values of loyality, mission, and good vs evil.
I was very inspired by the movie.

Rating:
Summary: "Tears", not what it appears.
Review: I appreciate a trailer that gets you interested, but doesn't give the movie away. This movie is a good example of that. I walked in expecting a typical action film, and was pleasantly surprised with much more. A good storyline made better by believable characters struggling with their own inner conflicts concerning duty, honor, and morals. Cudo's to Bruce Willis for sticking to his guns about not doing the "kiss" scene, which would have compromised the believability of this well thought out action/war drama. Catch it on the big screen, it's one of the better movies so far this year.

Rating:
Summary: It seemed like it would be good...
Review: I remember seeing the trailer for Tears of the Sun a while back. It started with two jets flying over a jungle with lots of explosions underneath them on the ground. "SWEET! ANOTHER WAR MOVIE!" was the first thing that flashed through my mind. Now that I have actually seen this movie, I have a very different opinion. First off, there is action, but not nearly as much as I expected. It seems as though there are only enough action scenes during the first 3/4 of the movie to keep you interested, then they finally give us the 30 minute finale. Secondly, most of the movie occurs at night. Maybe it's just my poor eyesight, but I had a significant amount of trouble trying to see exactly what was happening. If those were the only problems, the movie would probably be good for about 3.5 to 4 stars. However, the basis of the movie is flawed. Bruce Willis plays a hardened Navy S.E.A.L., the elite of the military elite. He even states at one point to his CO (who he sometimes refers to as "Bill") that he has done many of these missions before. If this is the case, why does he feel remorse for leaving the civilians behind and disobey his direct orders? This point is further driven into our faces when the team reaches a small village where the guerrillas are brutalizing women and murdering people. Disobeying yet another direct order (don't fire unless fired upon), the S.E.A.L.s attack and kill their enemies. They then get emotional and choke-up at the sight of dead civilians. As stated previously, they have been on these types of missions before and should not act in this manner. Finally, Willis holds a vote with his men. If this is how military officers always act, nothing would ever get done. This movie is just beyond belief. I suggest that you stick with Black Hawk Down, which has more than enough action, and it evokes the emotions that Tears of the Sun tries to.

Rating:
Summary: good movie
Review: After seeing Windtalkers I was thinking Tears of the sun was gonna be another cheesy action version not depicting actual war
images that are dark and realistic like in movies such as Black
Hawk Down,Saving Private Ryan,or even Braveheart(with swords and
axes but defitnitley realistic).Iwas dead wrong this movie is dark the whole 2 hours its on.With the rainy jungle,no reinforcem
ts,rebel guerilla troops on their tale,and about 20 ill refugees
all on them at once u can see the exaustion and horror in all 8
mens face's.The war scenes are very well done and brutal(you see
images of rape,dismembering,war violence,and dead refugees)with
the brutality and violence u witnessed in Antoine's first earlier
masterpiece(Training Day)you had and idea this was gonna be for
a strong stomach.There probably wont be any oscars for this one
but if you like war movies or even action movies and the man,the
one and only Bruce Willis check out Tears Of The Sun.

Rating:
Summary: John McCain: Navy SEAL?
Review: Tears of the Sun is more than what the trailers make it out to be. It's not your normal action movie, meaning the plot isn't just an excuse to have lots of things blow up. The story focuses more on the internal struggles of Willis's character than anything else. If you watched the trailer and were hoping for Die Hard 4: The African Edition, you will be sorely disappointed.

The plot revolves around a mission by US Navy SEALs to go into a hostile area of Nigeria and rescue an American doctor. The doctor (Monica Bellucci) is living at Mission, taking care of sick and dying Nigerians. Getting the doctor out is only a minor hassle, the real trouble begins when Willis' characters internal struggles of following orders vs. doing what is right get the best of him and he decides to try and save all the Nigerian patients. From there all hell breaks loose and there are a few surprises before the end.

As I said before, this is not your normal action movie. It doesn't go gonzo on the special effects and explosions, but obviously this is a war movie and there is plenty of violence near the end. The thing is, by the time people do start dying, you will care. On a side note, there are several parts of the movie that are unrealistic (the main one being a Navy SEAL going against explicit orders from his commanding officer), but these can be easily forgiven and overlooked.

The combat depicted is on par with the best recent war movies, such as Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers. It's very realistic. The "grand finale" battle at the end is a pretty intense 30 minutes, and is best experienced at a theater with good sound. Overall, this is a very satisfying movie that is worth the exorbitant ticket prices these days.

Rating:
Summary: Not worth it
Review: Graphic cruelty that stays with you. Not the action movie I was hoping to relax with.

Rating:
Summary: Its a rental
Review: Yep!
Its another rental! Go and rent this movie when it comes out on DVD!
I would say wait for the chance to do so. I was shocked! It was like watching an action chick flick. I was dissapointed in Mr. Willis. He is beginning to loose his touch. This review is for those who read short reviews and look at the low star ones first.
This movie is too controversal and does not have the potential to be a great movie at all. It is moraly right and actionfully wrong! Wait and rent it later.

Rating:
Summary: A worthy follow up to TRAINING DAY from Fuqua
Review: In TEARS OF THE SUN, Bruce Willis plays a Navy SEAL leader who, along with his small band of dedicated soldiers, heads into the jungles of Nigeria to rescue a doctor, a priest and a couple of nuns from a refugee camp. The only problem is, that the doctor, played by Monica Belluci (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF; THE MATRIX RELOADED) will not leave the camp without bringing some of the refugees with her. It is not long before Willis and his men, find themselves being chased across the country by an army of 300 ruthless rebels who are tearing up the countryside and killing everything and everyone in sight. TEARS OF THE SUN is THE SEVEN SAMURAI or THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN set in the jungle. It's about a small band of men defending the innocent from several.

As the lead character, Bruce Willis, who has been so emotionless in most of his recent films brings so much emotion to his lead character by only saying a few words. His face says it all. He is such a commanding presence on the screen that he cannot be ignored. Willis really does carry this movie from beginning to end and combined with a very compelling story, it is difficult to take your eyes off the screen from the opening scene to the closing credits. Most of the supporting characters don't stand out to much aside from Belucci who looks like she's ready to *pop* out of her shirt most of the time and Cole Hauser (PITCH BLACK; HART'S WAR) in what may be his coolest role to date.

Director Antoine Fuqua's follow-up to TRAINING DAY is, for lack of a better word, an awesome movie! It makes one wonder why at one point in time Fuqua wasted his talent with films like BAIT and THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS. He's proven to be the director of the moment. TEARS OF THE SUN is an well made, mind blowing movie. Perhaps the ending is a bit too "Hollywood" in the way that it tries to wrap everything up but the rest of the film is good enough that I will just leave that alone.
C+

Rating:
Summary: Great action picture
Review: ...

This movie has great action and a relevant story that makes the politically incorrect observation that there is a lot of black on black violence in africa and that it is (GASP!) ethnicly motivated. Stepping in to help a group of civilian christians threatened with slaughter by a moslem militia after a coup, the U.S. Navy SEALs show true professionalism and courage. They lead a doctor and her patients to safety at great personal cost.

Good action here. Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci are both very good and low key in their realistic portrayals of the SEAL commander and the doctor. Good supporting cast also.

Rating:
Summary: Bruce Willis as a commander, of what?
Review: Thinking this movie would be replete with gorgeous scenery, I was somewhat disappointed. Much of the action took place at night in a rain forest. There were abundant animal sounds but nowhere any ferocious wild ones, only a black pig (for comic relief).

A Navy Seals group was airlifted into Nigeria to rescue a female doctor, two nuns, and a priest from a hospital. Located in a Catholic mission in the path of evil soldiers out to kill the son of the tribal president who was being protected by refugees, the religious trio was left behind to perish. Also taking place was savage ethnic cleansing during which most villagers were killed; the rest irreparably damaged.

The doctor and her "people" trekked through the Rain Forest, traveling at night (with Bruce Willis as the commander) and nagged by constant dangers on the trail. "Go with God. God has already left.." was their blessing from the bereft priest.

The guerillas attempted to deceive the doctor, leaving the natives behind. She became hysterical, looking out at the destroyed village from a helicopter.

They returned for the strange assortment of refugees, and the doctor's deceit caused mass destruction. She got a taste of her own medicine as the jungle exploded in gunfire. The large number of deaths was meaningless.

Bruce Willis looked grizzled throughout this flick, not handsome at all as he appeared in Disney's THE KID. The damaged Bruce looked like he'd been the loser in a fight with pugilist Jack (the devil) Murdock.

The bomber pilots looked like something out of STARS WARS. Language was pretty crude, especially for grown men. The only intelligent thing in this whole 138 minutes was the closing quote from scholar Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for darkness to conquer our world is for enough good people to simply sit back and do nothing."

There wasn't much beauty or sun in this film.