PodBill
Just what I expected
Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
wrathofvengeance
In my mind, very few war movies have what it takes to depict the deadliness and sharp minded honed warrior psychology of an elite killing machine. This movie is more than just a war movie, it's a testament to hunters of the shadows, to demons in your sleep, it lends a vision into United States Navy SEALs that wait in the waters edge as you fetch a basket by the river or who keenly train their eyes on your movements in the dark green fizzled hue of night vision optics. It's got that....aurora about it. A mysticism surrounding the modern elite. When these modern elite are sent into the jungles of Africa their mission is simple; ascertain a western doctor in a feel good near Yolingo and bring her back to the extraction point. Things don't turn out as they seem, and so this SEAL team is forced to hike to the nearest extraction with more than what they bargained for. Hot on their tails are an entire rebel army, who vigorously peruse the SEAL team through rain, wind and weather. What follows is perhaps the coolest depiction of jungle combat, clandestine ops and hidden concealment. Tears of the Sun, a classic in its own right.
Leofwine_draca
I've always had a penchant for films set in the jungle, and TEARS OF THE SUN makes excellent use of some sweaty jungle locales in its story of US soldiers battling Nigerian rebels. It's a story of human drama masquerading as a war movie, and action lovers will be disappointed as all of the gun battles are saved for the (admittedly spectacular) last half hour. Before then we get a film based on real-life events that runs the gamut of emotions, from courage to anger, fear to bravery and everything in between.It's nothing new, but benefits from some superb acting from the assembled cast members: Bruce Willis, as silent and stern as ever, acts with just his eyes for the most part and gets the viewer totally on-side; Monica Bellucci is utterly beautiful and tough as the doctor working against the odds, and the rest of the American soldiers are also brilliant – including Cole Hauser as a tough cookie and Tom Skerritt as a grizzled veteran. Well-shot, well directed, and with plenty of story and emotion to keep it going, at first glance this might be typical gung-ho adventure stuff but it's much more. It's got heart and conscience and it never disappoints despite the lengthy running time. A solid thriller.
Bharanidaran ramani
Movie is amazingly done. Bruce Willis aces again in his performance and the characters in the movie are very much likable. Yeah, we all know that movie like this is gonna go down with almost every character being a made-to-die kind of mannerism. But the intelligent characterization in this movie is none of the actors seemed to be too baffled with the problems and as the movie paces on, they accept a mission just for the order from mission leader and later get to grip on whats happening around in that place.This makes you feel so brutal, a Holocaust even in a mellowed down version will still look painful and the actors feel it. They are no way related to whats happening, they were in for a quick extraction mission but still when people are slaughtered they move from their Robot mindset to a more human perception, that right there will make you feel involved in the movie as much as the actors.The movie starts off very swiftly, and i was sure movies such as that will end in a rush, and it did. That's why i believe movie should take its time to pace in (Saving private Ryan, Black Hawk down, Hurt Locker) and then we might have a very surreal experience. I guess the director decided to end it just because he ran out of options, which is a bit cheesy.Monica bellucci should stick to modeling, i guess this part was one of her better ones, but still flat acting throughout, which is a let down. Overall, a good movie, not for the light-hearted.
marko727
I really do not understand why the scenes that didn't make it in to the movie, didn't make it in to the movie. Without the scene where Willis converses with the priest and gives him a gun, the killing of the priest by the rebels is without emotional import. And the scene where the refugees are made to lighten their loads before setting out is remarkable. Similarly, the attempts by the older nurse to convince the younger nurse to stay, and her decision not to, is critical to an understanding of the perils of medical field work. I thought ALL the deleted scenes should have been in the movie. And at what expense? Eliminating a few minutes of back and forth gun shots? Which would have been a blessing to all but the die hard shoot 'em up crowd. Still, Bruce Willis puts in a fine brooding performance, though I wish I could have seen more of Tom Skerritt. And for a movie where dialog is sometimes hard to understand it seemed odd that there were NO subtitles available on the DVD.
