Tears of the Sun (2003)

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Bruce Willis stars as Lt. A.K. Waters, the loyal veteran officer of a Navy S.E.A.L unit. When he's sent into the heart of Africa, the usually hard-bitten Waters finds himself deeply conflicted at having to choose between following orders and the dictates of his own conscience. (Sony)

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Directed By: Antoine Fuqua

Written By: Alex Lasker, Patrick Cirillo

Starring: Bruce Willis, Tom Skerritt, Monica Bellucci, Fionnula Flanagan, Cole Hauser, Nick Chinlund, Charles Ingram, Johnny Messner, Eamonn Walker, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Peter Mensah, Malick Bowens

Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Action, War

Country: USA

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Tears of the Sun belongs to 13 collections

1. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)

2. Africa (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 8 stars)

3. Netflix USA (public: mpowell - 8 stars)

4. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)

5. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)

6. Hans Zimmer (composer) (collaborative: moderated by nauru - 1 star)

7. African-American director (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)

8. Films financed partly by DoD (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)

9. 2003: Year in Review (public: polanski28)

10. My Movie Collection (public: elhenzo)

11. My Movie Collection (public: cyrax_36)

12. Movies Dad Owned (public: Mr.Pupkin)

13. Streaming List (public: xreleased)

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Stars	User	Rating
6	Paxton	54 _25th
Maybe it's time to reassess my life, but I'm happy this movie exists if only because it put Monica Bellucci and Bruce Willis together on screen. It says very little about my self worth, but the thought of them getting together is aesthetically pleasing. She's numbers one, two and three on my most attractive females list, and he's numbers one, three, and six on my list of the coolest people (for the record, Fassbender is numbers two, four and five).
3	Cinema_Asia	40 _4th
Military action thriller where Willis is (not surprisingly) playing a superbadass special forces guy. The entire plot stinks of white man's burden and is also a thinly veiled jingoistic simplification of real foreign policy. If you just enjoy predictable action movies that mindlessly flag wave I guess this serves its purpose. It has less depth than a Call of Duty game or a recruitment video. The production value is polished and it's not boring so I can't say it has no redeeming value.
2	freak	56 _23rd
What can i say...Well directed "i've seen it billion times & this is pathetic" actioner.
2	davebirch	90 _58th
Underatted war movie. The sequence in which the SEALS take out a whole plattoon in stealth mode makes all grown men wish they'd joined special forces.
2	eggbeater	67 _61st
Well-made action film bears a message that doing the right thing isn't a political decision but a humanist one. Undermined more than once by awkward dialogue and miscasting of the very sexy Bellucci.
2	Sheldrake	50 _36th
Maybe if Willis squinted just a little more the movie would get interesting.
1	Locke	21 _4th
Has it finished? That is the question you will ask yourself in a picture where you wait and wait, and wait a little more for something to happen.
1	doctor7	38 _23rd
The story of how a rough and war-torn veteran once again finds his concious. The action isn't very well edited and thus it really loses it's "action movie" edge. The plot isn't anything special or interesting and, as such, isn't able to carry the movie. Monica Bellucci is hot though. So that's a plus.
1	AgentSnipe	78 _54th
The groundwork to this movie is okay, but everything is completely underdeveloped. By the end of the movie all of the conclusions to the dramatic arcs feel completely unearned.
1	Kavu	29 _12th
Failed to meet my expectations of being mediocre and slightly entertaining.
1	lrampartl	49 _29th
Overall, not bad. But I found myself rolling my eyes an awful lot. If you're a big Bruce Willis fan, a war movie nut, or just really need to see Monica Bellucci, watch it, otherwise, you'll be disappointed.
1	Ytadel	2 _14th
More like TEARS FROM ME, because I'm bored watching this movie
1	DougKnows	65 _40th
This is definately one of Antoine Fuqua's better jobs as a director. The strangest part about it is when you hear about how much effort went into the script. When they talk about making the movie they talk about shining a light on all of the long running African genocide politics, but this movie simply isn't about that, it's about a man learning to let himself feel, to care about something other than getting the job done. So he begins to care about the genocide stuff? No, he has a crush o
1	JackPulp	80 _36th
it was really sad but i don't quite remember it
1	HOUND16	95 _94th
I love bruce. Good example of modern navy seals. The first Navy Seals was sick.
1	MJVmovieMan	71 _52nd
A pleasing action-war film, not Willis' best, but certainly one of his better efforts of recent memory.
1	martryn	59 _27th
An entertaining war film that really doesn't do anything. Though not bad, most of the movie ends up being forgettable.
1	webdw	70 _58th
Simplistic, but, at the end someone has to answer the question, "Who listens to the crying in Africa?" The plight of millions of ordinary Africans is terrible and it is largely being ignored. The movie makes you think about it.
1	Dustyd	70 _63rd
Flawed, but effective battle film. It seems a director's cut would be more effective, but Willis is still in good form and there is a good amount of tension and style.
1	nandorizzi	55 _41st
It is always the same story, the American hero saving to pretty little girl. But is not so bad.
1	garethm	66 _19th
The atrocities in Africa around which the film is centred are well depicted, suitably shocking and thought provoking but the plot is weak and frankly rather unbelievable. It's typically Holywood and not in a good way with heroic American soldiers running upright towards the enemy spraying bullets, outrageous !!
1	Jeb	78 _62nd
Underrated.
1	Paradigma	50 _13th
Thank God there are a bunch of American soldiers all over the World. Who else has the courage to save us except them?
1	PirateKitty	90 _80th
While not a actual base on a true story movie, it does show what does happen in these places. It is an inpactful movie
1	rude	60 _33rd
This is another one of those films where the primary objective of the film is to convey that it's really a wonderful thing when the white people save the black people from themselves.
1	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	70 _77th
Tears of the Sun is a really good movie about a rescue mission involving some people from Nigeria. It's about as basic as you can get, and yet, I was fully engrossed while it was playing. It works because it isn't just a simple action movie, and because it doesn't feel like it cheats you out of scenes involving these soldiers. You feel just like one of the people being rescued, being fully immersed in everything taking place. It's not perfect, but it's very entertaining.
1	hellboy76	63 _34th
Some fairly brutal scenes are played out but nothing has the impact it should because its all fairly white washed and heartless.
1	SlantMag	15 _21st
"An imminent favorite at the White House screening room, but the film is ultimately so dry and remote that one can't imagine Chaney or Ashcroft trooping through all the exposition and moral finagling to get to the carnage." - Chuck Rudolph
1	lena_c	4 _72nd
Too much "Hollywood" in the final 15 minutes but all in all: Good*
1	eCitizen	70 _70th
Sometimes gut wrenching account of a Navy S.E.A.L rescue of an American aid worker from Nigeria ravaged by war & ethnic cleaning. Monica Bellucci was amazing. Bruce Willis & the other soldiers were also excellent. Akosua Busia was a brief standout. Tons of war action, gun fights, snipers, blood, death & gore. Many tense & heartbreaking moments. Excellent performances, production quality, music & SFX. Simple but memorable story. Overall very satisfying, but how did they not run out of ammo?
1	hakkanarejo	97 _76th
Share Tweet 0 Shop ? - Tears Of The Sun Cast: Community Grade (2 Users) D- Your Grade ? Arriving just in time for the impending invasion of Iraq, Antoine Fuqua's Tears Of The Sun presents a full-blown fantasy of positive U.S. military intervention overseas, with honorable and heroic soldiers protecting Nigerian refugees from certain slaughter. But it's missing an important disclaimer: None of it actually happened.

Average Percentile 37% from 2290 Ratings