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Actors: Bruce Willis, Monica Belluci
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tears of the Sun |
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A small unit of Navy SEALs led by Lt. Waters is sent to Nigeria to extract a doctor, a priest and two nuns before an army of rebels overruns the tiny village.
The priest and nuns refuse to leave and the doctor, Lena, won't leave without her people, a group of refugees.
The SEALs lead Lena and the refugees to the landing zone. However, at the LZ they hurry Lena onto a chopper, but leave the refugees behind.
Meanwhile, the rebels kill the priest and nuns and burn the village.
Gaining a conscience, Waters and his men return to the LZ. They load 12 refugees on the chopper and lead the rest through the jungles to the border.
The rebels follow the refugees to kill one of them that happens to be the President's son.
During a viscious firefight, several of the refugees and four of the SEALs are killed. With some air support that wipes out the rebel army, the remaining SEALs and refugees make it to the border and to safety.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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A group of Navy Seals are sent out into a war-torn Nigeria to rescue a doctor. When they get there she refuses to leave unless she can bring a group of refugees. They then find theimselves trying to escape with a group of guerrilla rebels on their tail.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tears of the Sun |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 25%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 35%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Navy
War story:
- escaping behind enemy lines
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- bald
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Black Africa
Jungles?
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
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