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Summary: Bruce willis rocks
Review: Bruce wills rocks anyway. I like all his movies. But this movie tears of the sun beats them all
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Summary: 20 year old student
Review: This movie is amazing! I just spent six weeks in Nigeria and I wish I had watched it before I left, would have given me a better appreciation for the people, the country and what they've been through. Even though it was relatively peaceful while I was there I could see the affects of the hate between the muslims and the christians. Anyway....great movie, watch it, see what's happening in the world around you...
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Summary: very amateurish
Review: This movie was a huge disappointment, in my opinion. The mission (rescuing a doctor who does not want to be rescued) is absolutely ridiculous, especially after sitting through the whole thing to find out why she was so important, and still never finding out. The ground tactics were embarrassing....mistakes that even the greenest of Basic Training graduates would never make. Who in their right mind would think it was a good idea to stand upright and walk right into 300 enemy soldiers who are firing on you? No wonder they got chewed up so badly. The only redeeming value of this movie is that it MIGHT open the eyes of SOME people to the atrocities that are going on in Africa even as we speak.
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Summary: GREAT THEME, BLANDLY COMMERCIALIZED
Review: Hollywood has perfected the art of taking an intriguingly relevant theme (tribal warfare in Nigeria, and btw, the story is acknowledged fiction), then shamelessly commercializing it with a fluffy flag-waving patriotic flavour and taking what could have been a fabulous movie steadily downhill. Nigeria's government is overthrown by an exiled general and some Navy Seals have to save a female American doctor from evil Nigerian rebels who like to behead priests for recreation. Of course our American doctor (a lady) is an immacutaley shaped and brushed Italian supermodel, Monica Belluci, and please dont be surprised if an educated and qualified professional posted in a forest can be as much of a twit as she is ("Stop running! I hurt my nail!"). Along the way, we find that the Nigerians are after some tribal leader and the movie ends with a Rambo-like military coupe. The U.S. Navy sends in two jets to napalm the Nigerian Army at the very end of the movie, so it leaves you wondering what the character of Willis really accomplished on his own except for getting a lot of people killed and "saving" a shamefully tiny percentage of the villagers. I guess "Tears of the Sun" intended to tote some kind of anti-war sentiment but I just got an anti-smug-missionary message from the movie. And, that old geezers should probably not be leading any missions if they are Lieutenants after 30 years in the Officer Corps (as brilliantly potrayed by a clearly weary Bruce Willis, wonder what he was so bored with, the war or the script). An interesting theme tossed away with the lack of character development -- no background about the doctor, the Seals, or the Nigerian refugees and rebels -- and a sugar-puff love story thrown in between the doctor and Bruce Willis. In my book, this may be marginally more palatable than Black Hawk Down, a lot less darker for sure and not exactly a re-enactment of actual facts as the latter was. It may even be an OK fare to sit through on night-time television, or even a rental if you are out of other options, but I would not really stand in line for purchasing a DVD.
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Summary: A COMPLEX SUBJECT...
Review: ...an ambitious and timely movie; Congo, Liberia, Burundi, all in the recent news with reports of horrendous brutality among their populations. It's no wonder that a movie was made to try and portray the violence and despair that face so many Africans.
This movie is primarily about a Navy SEALS covert operation, which leaves all sorts of questions as to whether it's militarily accurate. Would the LT (Willis) disobey orders as he did? Many reviewers didn't buy it. However, US involvement in recent African conflicts has been primarily humanitarian in nature (ex. Somalia) and the plot in the movie is really no different. I felt that the LT had an obligation to the spirit of the mission to do what he could for the group of refugees. However, this movie is by no means perfect. It's stock full of cliché characters, first being the doctor (their original objective), who is completely clueless as to her danger (her husband was killed, but she was spared - this hole was never explained and I thought for awhile that she was with the rebels). Of course the SEALS were all stock military; the mohawk with tattoo on neck guy (both unauthorized in the real SEALS) being the biggest cartoon. I like Bruce Willis and I sort of liked his understated world-weary performance.
Despite the one-star reviews, this movie is worth a watch.
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Summary: From a huge Bruce Willis fan...
Review: If this movie had been intended to be a spoof on war movies, then i thought it was hilarious. They used every cliche in the book. Are all African relief workers so attractive? Frankly, I am a big Bruce Willis fan, and, i will say, if he wasn't in it this would have been one of the worst movies ever. Instead, it is a movie that tries to copy "Black Hawk Down" but fails in every way. From a former member of the military, avoid this one and get "Black Hawk Down" instead. Tom Skerrit on the deck of an aircraft carrier with a sat Phone, that would never happen. Did they even consult with the military?
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: One of the best war/military movies ever. Acting and directing deserves an A+. Bruce Willis leads his role like no other could. No one but Willis could have played this role and his supporting cast (SEAL Team) was 'OUTSTANDING'! This movie should lift the status of Cole Hauser and Eamonn Walker to the top of the rising stars list. This movie makes you appreciate what our brave men and women in the military do to protect us. This was a very realistic movie. I will watch over and over. Hey, I even hear George W. really likes it!
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Summary: HUH?! A pro-USA movie from Hollywood?!
Review: How did this happen? A pro-US movie from the out-of-touch drones in Hollywood? Who would have expected it? This is a good movie where the bad guy isn't made to be a good guy and the good guys really are good guys. The movie is not without a couple of flaws (e.g. the whiny, ignorant, supporting actress), but it is fun to watch and overall a good ride. Good filming and good acting (for a movie of this genre). In these times of 2-bit, simpleton, terrorists trying to justify their murderous activities in the name of "Allah" and killing women and children for their "god", it is refreshing to see a movie from the side of the freedom loving, good guys.... If you believe in individual liberty you will probably enjoy this movie, if you don't.....well, I can't help you.
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Summary: Tears of the Sun gets it right
Review: The film originally titled, Rules of Engagement, i a very good blockbuster film. Instead of writing a synopsis for the movie, whih you can find all around me, I'll tlk about some of the extra features.
There is the 'Making of Tears of the Sun'- a great 10 minute piece on how the director made the movie, with behind the scence shots and everything. I thought it was interesting that the actors had to go though a mini-2-week SEAL boot camp.
Also in the Extras ae the delted scenes. I originally selected play all, but after 20 minutes I stopped...there are about 10-15 deleted scenes!
In addition to the deleted scenes, they have "the Voices of Africa", where real africans tell their story about their life and how they got where they are. It's a real shame that most of them have seen what the moviegoer saw in the movie in real life, an "ethni cleansing" of city. They have actually seen mass murder in front of them. A side objective for the director was to bring awareness to the aspects of life in Africa.
It opened my eyes, great DVD + lots of extras = 5/5
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Summary: TEARS OF THE MUNDANE
Review: THIS MOVIE IS SAPPY AND FORMULAIC. BRUCE WILLIS SHOULD HAVE SERVED IN IRAQ AS HE VOLUNTEERED TO DO....IM SURE THEY COULD USE A LATRINE OFFICER??
GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY, BAD SENTIMENTALITY...RENT THIS FILM DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE DVD.
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