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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9781404902749 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1404902740 Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 09751 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: June 10, 2003 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 2003 Editorial Review: Product Description: Loyal veteran Navy S.E.A.L. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) is sent into the heart of war-torn Africa on a hazardous mission to rescue Dr. Lena Hendricks (Monica Bellucci) a U.S. citizen who runs a missionary. When the beautiful doctor refuses to abandon the refugees in her care Lt. Waters finds himself having to choose between following orders and the dictates of his own conscience. Together they begin a dangerous trek through the deadly jungle all the while being pursued by a rebel militia group with only one goal in mind: to assassinate Lt. Waters unit and the refugees in his care.System Requirements:Starring: Bruce Willis Monica Bellucci Cole Hauser Fionnula Flanagan Eamonn Walker Johnny Messner and Nick Chinlund. Directed By: Antoine Fuqua. Running Time: 121 Min. Color. Copyright 2003 VPD Inc.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 043396097513 Manufacturer No: 09751 Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Contradictions BlurIt 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 conscienceLike 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-RayTears 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. Rating: - Navy SealsA film that is thought provoking. A SEAL team commander is put in a moral dilemma, and must act outside the "box". SEAL fans should enjoy. |
