Tears Of The
Sun (2003)
aka: Man Of War
action thriller
directed
by : Antoine Fuqua
featuring
: Bruce Willis - Monica Bellucci - Cole Hauser - Fionnula Flanagan - Johnny
Messner
running
time : 2 hours 1 minute
A career soldier is forced to choose between
following orders and saving lives in this action thriller. Lt. A.K. Walters
(Bruce Willis) is a veteran Navy SEAL whose commander (Tom Skerritt) has
given his team a special assignment. A Central African nation is expected
to explode into war at any moment, and Walters and his cohorts are to escort
any American citizens in the area to safety, most notably Dr. Lena Kendricks
(Monica Bellucci), a doctor from the United States who has set up a clinic
in the jungle. Walters and his men find Kendricks, but she refuses to leave
with them unless she can bring along 70 refugees who have been left to
her care. Kendricks makes it clear that if they are left behind, the refugees
will face certain death, but Walters' C.O. insists he bring back Kendricks
— but not her patients. Forced by his conscience to disobey orders, Walters
and his team race against time to escort the refugees to a border town
where they will find safe haven before invading troops can ambush them.
Tears Of The Sun (which was produced under the title Man Of War) also features
Cole Hauser and Fionnula Flanagan.