Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3086 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-15
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Collector's Edition, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 116 minutes

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 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.

Customer Reviews

A greatly underrated and deeply touching film
I bought this almost by accident, and I was very glad I did. Possibly the best performance of Bruce Willis' career, his grizzled old soldier is the lynchpin of the movie. This is not easy viewing, nor is it anything like the Die Hard movies (which is what I expected it to be). If you want a glimpse into the damage that "ethnic" cleansing and social division does, this film captures the savage pointlessness of all of that brilliantly.

definitely an under-rated Willis flick
This is certainly up there with 'Die Hard' as one of Willis' finest if somewhat understated roles. The only issue I have with it is, if these circumstances were real, would the US military really intervene so decisively in the war-torn affairs of another country, merely to protect human life? Alas, I fear not. For as Alan Greenspan himself noted in his newly released memoirs, it is such a shame that politicians do not acknowledge what is widely known among the people, that most of today's conflicts - especially those fought by the West, most presciently, Iraq - are about oil, and little else. If such wars prevent human suffering, that is only a fortunate by-product, rather than a direct, intentional consequence. 'Tears of the Sun' reminds us of our humanity; that it does not have to be that way.

NICE ONE BRUCE
Bruce leads his team of Navy SEALS into Nigeria to escort an American doctor, working in a poor jungle hospital. Rebel Nigerian troops are en route to stir up trouble.

The doctor refuses to leave unless a whole group of her patients are allowed to leave with her. Willis reluctantly agrees and the train of walking wounded head into the jungle towards friendly borders. The Nigerian baddies slaughter those left at the hospital and sent off in pursuit. Unknown to Bruce's unit, one of the men travelling with them is the son of the deposed Nigerian president and hotly tipped to be a contender to retake the government.

Good action scenes, particularly the end battle scenes.