Tears of the Sun
- September 13, 2003
- 4 comments
We bought the Tears of the Sun DVD today. I’ve seen it already, but it’s an excellent movie so it’s worth owning. I think it’s one of Bruce Willis’ best movies. Excellent music, action, story… and Monica Belluci is in it. What more can a movie have?
There are some things that I didn’t like about it. One being that Monica Belluci is wearing lipstick throughout the entire movie. Another is that Bruce Willis is what, 50 years old? Are there lieutenants that old in the military? Other than that, I thought it was great.
There are some scathing reviews of it on IMDB.com. I’m not sure why. I guess a war movie must show soldiers as a little nuts and the generals as distant, uncaring and cold in order to be a “good war movie”. Whatever. Did it do well in the theaters?
If you want to see a good action movie with a soul, then this is it.
Chris
September 13, 2003
chris may
April 19, 2005
i’ve seen tears of the sun and it is rather good. with regard to bruce willis being 50 i think it’s assumed that he can pass for being between 25-34 so average military age providing he has a shaved head and runs around shouting a lot, which he does, so like die hard only in the african jungle really.
“There are some scathing reviews of it on IMDB.com. I’m not sure why. I guess a war movie must show soldiers as a little nuts and the generals as distant, uncaring and cold in order to be a “good war movie”.” people like to slag things off, but it’s the boss not caring and the grunts going insane which fits in with people’s experiences of their jobs and gives a movie it’s universal appeal 
Jay
November 10, 2005
You can also see Ms. Belluci in “Brotherhood of The Wolf.” It’s a kickass story based the legend of Gevaudon ( I probably didn’t spell that right ) about a beast that was terrorizing the French countryside. Christoph Gans directed it and it’s a visually stunning film. Pre-French Revolution Kung Fu is a little hard to swallow, but the direction and cinematography make me forgive that. Also, it’s good to hear Gans is directing “Silent Hill,” my favorite video game of all time.
I’m pretty picky about which Bruce Willis movies I’ll watch, but this one does look interesting. And I’ve never heard of Monica Belluci before, but I guess I’ll get my first look at her on the big screen as Mary Magdalene, when the Mel Gibson movie “The Passion” comes out in the spring.