Tears of the Sun Movie Review 2003

Navy SEAL team, led by Lt. Waters (Willis), is sent into the middle of a Nigerian civil war to rescue Americans at a missionary hospital. When they get there, the doctor (Bellucci) refuses to go without the people she's been treating, who will surely be slaughtered by the rebels in the area. Waters defies orders to lead them all on a hazerdous journey out of the country. Fuqua follows up "Training Day" with this visually stunning, almost thoughtful battle picture. Until the film degenerates into standard action fare at the end, it aspires to answer questions about the difficulty of America's role as world cop and what makes a hero. Fuqua is aided immensely by Willis's stoic performance and the work of editor Conrad Bluff.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 121 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rescue Missions, Military: Navy, Doctors & Nurses, Africa, Jungle Stories

Screenplay

Alex Lasker, Patrick Cirillo

Cast

Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Tom Skerritt, Eamonn Walker, Nicholas Chinlund, Fionnula Flanagan, Malick Bowens, Paul Francis, Johnny Messner, Akosua Busia, Peter Mensah, Chad Smith, Charles Ingram

Cinematography

Mauro Fiore

Director

Antoine Fuqua

Music

Hans Zimmer

Other

Willie Burton, Conrad Buff, David Lazan, Marlene Stewart, Naomi Shohan

Producer

Mike Lobell, Arnold Rifkin, Ian Bryce, Revolution Studios, Cheyenne Enterprises, Columbia Pictures