Review of Tears of the Sun
Year: 2003 Reviewer: Chris Docker
Worth looking at if you fancy a traditional action movie, 'Tears of the Sun', has a convincingly serious Bruce Willis as Special Ops Commander Lt Walters taking his team into a war torn Nigeria where he rescues a lovely doctor (played by Monica Bellucci) from the spate of ethnic cleansing that has apparently gripped the country. This film shows a kindly and heroic American military that is unlikely to convince anyone except Uncle Sam fans, but the action scenes are well choreographed and the plot unfolds in a predictable yet exciting way and doesn't need too much concentration. We also get plenty of the fiery Monica Bellucci, one of Europe's greatest actresses, and looking feistier and more dazzling by the minute, as she braves the horrors of the African jungle and stands up for the 'nice' ethnic group as the 'bad' ethnic group try to hack them to bits.
Rating: 6/10
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