Tears of the Sun (Special Edition)

Buy This Item Tears of the Sun (Special Edition) by Sony Pictures  Available from Amazon  $10.49  on 11-26-2008     While it offers nothing new to the military action genre, <I>Tears of the Sun</I> distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship, and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of <I>Black Hawk Down</I>, involving a crack team of U.S. Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amidst the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skillful 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 <I>Training Day</I>, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's <I>Die Hard</I> series, and released on the eve of America's war with Iraq, <I>Tears of the Sun</I> admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs. political evil. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I> Reader Reviews I'm a fan of Bruce and this one is a my favorite movie too. This Blu-ray Dise is worth the price. The sound is great too.

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