Matrixston
Wow! Such a good movie.
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Bea Swanson
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
arobinson777
Depending on your outlook on life this movie is packed with ups and dons, positive and negative, and wise one liners. Some, may think the violence may be too much and itt is accompanied by a great deal of blood. However, I think it makes the move much more real. For the subject is real and takes place not only in Africa , but in many parts of the world. While watching the movie I was asked a couple of times " are you ok? We can watch something else if you'd like." My response "i don't want to be one of those people who's oblivious to things that are real in this world". I'm a firm believer in the cliche "out of sight, out of mind". Watching this movie made me look at how fortunate am to live in this country and how I'm able to live my life
mrddownard
I have done studies on the Militant style terrorists in the jungles of Africa and this is unfortunately how they operate.. its very hard to find them due to how thick these jungles are. They know how to disappear and have spies everywhere to warn them about any operations to come get them. The villages are scared to death of them..
tiger86-2
OK, before I continue with the actual review, I want to make one thing clear - I believe Antoine Fuqua is among the best action profiled film directors ever. The man is a real master of the genre, being able to do a Die Hard type of an action film just as easily as he is able to adopt John Woo's style when he needs to. And 'Tears of the Sun' is yet another proof of that - the action scenes are nicely staged, the visuals are very good, the pacing is fine...And, still, I just couldn't finish it? Well, first, there is the acting - while Bruce Willis is as great as he always is, Monica Belluci is just horrible. Honestly, I think this woman only has a career because of her looks and for no other reason. (Or may be she is better when she isn't acting in English. I have seen some French speaking roles of hers and I didn't hate her.) There is no doubt that she is incredibly beautiful, but her role here requires more than beauty - to be blunt, when you are supposed to be an incredibly talented doctor, shoving your breasts in the viewers' eyes just can't cut it. Not when the movie is so serious in tone - and 'Tears of the Sun' is dead serious.Which leads me to the next problem of this movie - the writing. Normally I wouldn't comment on a movie's writing if I haven't seen it in its entirety, but this time I just have to - because it is horrible. The tone is, as I said, dead serious, but, at the same time, the main characters are just... Well, they are the Expendables - a bunch of indestructible warriors, capable of killing hundreds of enemies, they will save the day, they will save the world, they will save the beautiful doctor with the big breasts and they will do it for America!!! And there would be no problem with that if the movie was a comedy like 'The Expendables'. But when the filmmakers are trying to actually convey a message... Well, it doesn't ring true, to say the least.And I wanted to like this movie.
msmjjs
i thought it was going be the godawful tripe were used to,tough guy invincible American military men with the obligatory heart of gold. tittylicious,patronizing do-gooder hot chick and hapless natives. but then the heartbreaking very realistic violence,very well captured with a very deep understanding of the modern "civil war" ,which the last century is less civil conflict between armed opposing factions but more full scale genocidal death match. the combination of the cartoonish,paint by numbrs actionmovie,with the ridiculous premise(it happens in Nigeria ,a fairly modern and well organized country,covert seal operation to extract four civilians,that arn't in any way important,well connected or even actual u.s. citizens) makes this movie a brilliant analogy for American foreign intervention. they go in for selfish,trivial reasons. try to do some genuine good ,but its all deconstructive and futile,in they end they leave the vast majority behind without hope even more traumatised and now armed themselves. and as usual they're championing a scammer. (nigerian prince,duh!) .
