Release Date: Jun 10, 2003 Region: 1 Runtime: 121 mins Studio: Columbia / TriStar Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Video:
Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: English, French Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Audio Commentary From Director Antoine Fugua Writer's Observations Journey To Safety: Making Tears of the Sun Voices of Africa Africa Fact Track Interactive Map of Africa Trailers Animated Menus
While it offers nothing new to the military-action genre, Tears of the Sun distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of Black Hawk Down, involving a crack team of US Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amid the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skilful team enters a hot zone that gets even hotter when their "package"--an American national (Monica Bellucci) who runs the isolated mission--demands that 70 Nigerian villagers be included in the rescue. Willis's uneasy conscience leads him to defy orders and expand his mission, and in an ambitious follow up to Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's Die Hard series, and released in cinemas on the eve of America's war with Iraq, Tears of the Sun admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs political evil. --Jeff Shannon
Release Date: Feb 16, 2004 Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1
Video:
2.40 Wide Screen
Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Hindi Features:
Director And Writer Commentary Deleted Scenes Factoids Filmography Making Of Theatrical Trailer