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[DarienA]

So the missus says she has a movie she wants me to buy on DVD for her.... but she can't remember what it's called. She remember it's a military movie but she also remembers Bruce Willis is in it. So I name a few but she says no... finally I use us.imdb.com and we find it... Tears of the Sun. So I get it for her but I'm thinking god this is gonna be some half assed military get the doctor fall in lover with her bullshit. So tonight we get ready to watch it and I look at the case... oh shit Fuqua directed it... might be some hard shit.... and damn... the action sequences were pretty f'n hot. Now you might have issues with the plot and the SEALS going "off mission" whatever... it's a movie... but the use of communication, movement and firing was spot f'n on for SEALS.... and the ending? Hot damn talking about ratching you up a notch... waiting on your seat for those damn F-18's... will they get there in time? Holy shit look at all those enemy soldiers?

Predictable ending but still quite an enjoyable romp from Fuqua.

 

[belgurdo]

I didn't like the whole "useless African prince and his starstruck followers give up and just let their American 'superiors' solve their problem" aspect of the story, but it was an enjoyable "people get shot" film. Plus it's not often that you get to see Monica Belluci in action

 

[AssMan]

The movie was great. Bruce Willis did a great job. Nothing innovating though. It's just like every other action flick of the genre.

 

[Insertia]

It was a decent flick with a poor story.

How about that scene where Monica Belluci has shrapnel embedded in her face, 10 seconds later she's running around like normal.

 

[Dan]

I heard from one of the producers that Bruce Willis was kind of a dick on the set, and more or less dictated direction and took over in order to basically manage his star image. I haven't seen this yet, but I'd be curious to see if this was evident, possibly by comparing it to Fuqua's other films. Or maybe that was just blaming someone else for the film, since it wasn't received well critically or at the box office.

 

[hiryu]

A very underrated movie. The scenery is absolutely beautiful.

 

[ElyrionX]

The movie sucked.

I hate goddamn military flicks where actors play soldiers STANDING in the goddamn open and firing at like ten different enemies at the same time less than 20 meters away. And the best part? The soldier NEVER gets hit. Its ridiculous.

Watch Black Hawk Down instead........

 

[way more]

Well, it had Monica Belluci so why not?

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

that movie was ass


the whole affair turned me my uncle and my cousin into an mst3k trio mocking the next scene we see bruce looking forlorn while pursing his lips (seriously it happens in like 75% of his scenes)


Also dont forget that monica is really

Spoiler

a terminator sent back through time since shes able to take point blank shrapnel blasts as big as baseballs to her back yet get up and keep running

 

[Brannon]

How about that scene where Monica Belluci has shrapnel embedded in her face, 10 seconds later she's running around like normal.

Chris- "Oh my God you ARE the Matrix!"

 

[Phoenix]

This is the 'buddy cop film' of war movies. We were soldiers was the best war movie I've seen in recent days - easily.

 

[StoOgE]

I was sent to see this movie opening weekend for my West African History and Politics class. The proffesor spent the next week absolutely picking this movie apart..

Aside from all of the political and cultural innacuracies, it does a nice job of painting the Africans as completely useless dumbfucks being rescued like small children by the Americans out of the goodness of their heart.

As a film, it was pretty bad. The cinamatography was pretty decent, the storyline was way too predictable and the action scenes were hard to follow and the Americans were a little too powerfull.

 

[open_mouth_]

I love how the Africans run towards their wonderful american friends just asking for a bullet to be buried in their skull each and every time, without actually firing back.

In this movie, Africans = Zerg.