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TEARS OF THE SUN
Okay, now, let's be honest. Out of today's crop of actors, who does the action hero better than Bruce Willis ? In Tears Of The Sun he is at his best. At first portraying a tough Navy Seal, but who later breaks his own rules and gets involved by going against orders.
The film is set in Nigeria during the turbulent tribal wars. The Navy Seals, led by Willis are sent in to rescue a female doctor , a priest and two nuns who operate a hospital at a mission that is targeted by a group of rebels. The priest and nuns refuse to leave, and the doc does, but only if she can take her people with her. Willis tricks her into getting on the escape helicopter, and then they leave her Africans behind, but Willis has a change of heart and goes back., and they start the trek to the safety of Cameroon. From there on, Willis and company are pursued by some real nasty soldiers.
There are some excellent action scenes, and the jungle night and daytime darkness make this a real torture test for you tv's or projector's ability to resolve shadow detail. Dailogue is low, but be careful because during action secenes, you may damage your hearing if you have the sound too loud. But overall picture quality is quite good, and I'll bet Columbia will be re-packaging this title in Superbit.
This flick didn't do so well at the BO, but I'd say it was bad timing, since it was released during the US/Iraqi war, and I guess most people had enough of the real thing on their tvs without getting more at the local Bijou. In my opinion, this is a cut above the average action flick, but not as good as We Were Soldiers or Blackhawk Down. There are some pretty gruesome scenes in Tears of The Sun, and not everyone liked the ending, but I liked it just fine. This will get several spins in my HT.
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Okay, now, let's be honest. Out of today's crop of actors, who does the action hero better than Bruce Willis ? In Tears Of The Sun he is at his best. At first portraying a tough Navy Seal, but who later breaks his own rules and gets involved by going against orders.
The film is set in Nigeria during the turbulent tribal wars. The Navy Seals, led by Willis are sent in to rescue a female doctor , a priest and two nuns who operate a hospital at a mission that is targeted by a group of rebels. The priest and nuns refuse to leave, and the doc does, but only if she can take her people with her. Willis tricks her into getting on the escape helicopter, and then they leave her Africans behind, but Willis has a change of heart and goes back., and they start the trek to the safety of Cameroon. From there on, Willis and company are pursued by some real nasty soldiers.
There are some excellent action scenes, and the jungle night and daytime darkness make this a real torture test for you tv's or projector's ability to resolve shadow detail. Dailogue is low, but be careful because during action secenes, you may damage your hearing if you have the sound too loud. But overall picture quality is quite good, and I'll bet Columbia will be re-packaging this title in Superbit.
This flick didn't do so well at the BO, but I'd say it was bad timing, since it was released during the US/Iraqi war, and I guess most people had enough of the real thing on their tvs without getting more at the local Bijou. In my opinion, this is a cut above the average action flick, but not as good as We Were Soldiers or Blackhawk Down. There are some pretty gruesome scenes in Tears of The Sun, and not everyone liked the ending, but I liked it just fine. This will get several spins in my HT.
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