Review of Tears of the Sun (2003) by Dean M — 27 Mar 2011
Magnificent and powerful action-thriller that brings me more excitement! This is one of my favourite Bruce Willis action movie since 1988's Die Hard.
This movie reminded me a little of Navy SEALs, though grittier and more believable. Willis is his usual mostly expressionless self here, yet somehow he manages to get the part of the troubled Lieutenant across very well indeed.
Monica Bellucci is an incredibly gifted actress and she really believed in this project. Her character comes across as having strong religious and moral convictions, prepared to die to help and protect others.
The director, Antoine Fuqua, brings a strong moral theme to his characters and the story. The whole visual manner of filming, camera angels, close ups etc adds to the intensity here.
The choice of filter during filming, that gives a subdued and darker feeling visually, was perfect. The use of Africans as extras was an interesting and a suitable choice, given their backgrounds. Many of these extras were showing genuine emotions which was captured on camera, as they relived traumatic moments in their lives when certain scenes were filmed.
This review of Tears of the Sun (2003) was written by Dean M on 27 Mar 2011.
Tears of the Sun has generally received positive reviews.
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