Review of Tears of the Sun (2003) by Mouhannad S — 28 Mar 2011

I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. Bruce willis is basically McCain of Die Hard fame as a SEAL in Africa. More impossible & improbable escapes & miraculous survival of mortal wounds that would have killed of anyone else...and several of his comrades die of lesser wounds. But somehow it is okay if you're a Willis/Die Hard fan. Maybe it's because I've been playing Call of Duty on the Wii but that helped make the implausible firefights more fun to watch.

I saw this on Netflix so I don't know if what I saw was the Director's cut with 20 more minutes but before reading that I was already going to say it's about 20 minutes TOO long, especially at the end. The last battle gets dragged out way too far making it anticlimactic & you just want the happy ending payoff already.

But other than the longishness it was entertaining & McCain...I mean Willis...I mean the movie comes out okay in the end & is well worth watching.