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Cast

Bruce Willis
as Lt. A.K. Waters

Monica Bellucci
as Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks

Cole Hauser
as James `Red' Atkins

Eamonn Walker
as Ellis `Zee' Pettigrew

Nick Chinlund
as Michael `Slo' Slowenski

Johnny Messner
as Kelly Lake

Charles Ingram
as Demetrius `Silk' Owens

Paul Francis
as Danny `Doc' Kelly

Chad Smith
as Jason `Flea' Mabry

Tom Skerritt
as Capt. Bill Rhodes

Malick Bowens
as Col. Idriss Sadique

Awaovieyi Agie
as Musa

Akosua Busia
as Patience

Hadar Busia-Singleton
as Amaka

Ida Onyango
as Lasana

Fabrice Yahve Habimana Jr.
as Bujo

Sammi Rotibi
as Arthur Azuka

Benjamin Onyango
as Colonel Emanuel Okeze

Jimmy Jean-Louis
as Gideon

Fionnula Flanagan
as Sister Grace

Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy
as Sister Siobhan

Pierrino Mascarino
as Father Gianni

Peter Mensah
as Terwase

Howard Mungo
as President Samuel Azuka

Kanayo Chiemelu
as General Mustafa Yakubu

Nkeonye Nwankwo
as Refugee Woman

Alpha Osman Davies
as Alpha

Morris Sesay
as Man with Goat

Cle "Bone" Sloan
as Mission Rebel

Kobby Dankyi
as Rebel Officer

Lahai Fahnbulleh
as Injured Old Man

Allison Dean
as Rape Victim

Rodney Charles
as Christopher Marwa

Jewel McDonald
as Village Woman

George Reid
as Tortured Villager

Yannick Doth
as Teenage Rebel Soldier

Ousmane Sall
as Village Attacker

Harry Van Gorkum
as Carrier Reporter

Michael Clossin
as Rhodes' Aide

Anthony Vaughan
as Rebel Squad Commander

Randall J. Gillet
as Seahawk Pilot

William Wood
as Carrier Corpsman

Chinyere A. Joyce
as Chanting Woman

Martha Myles
as Chanting Woman

Gerald Michael Burch
as Refugee Camp Guard

Frederick Harris Jr.
as Refugee Camp Guard

Elton C. Garner Jr.
as Refugee Camp Guard

Floyd W. Vaughan
as Relief Worker

John Anyak
as Refugee

Ganohon Ansansame
as Refugee

Kelani Babatunde
as Refugee

Pele Leba Castro
as Refugee

Haddy Cham
as Refugee

Mariama Cisse
as Refugee

Nafisatou Cisse
as Refugee

Ngone' Dia
as Refugee

Khady Dieng
as Refugee

Fortune Diginee
as Refugee

Fidelis Ezch
as Refugee

Awino Gam
as Refugee

Santino Garang
as Refugee

Josanne Hutchinson
as Refugee

Evelyn Kabba
as Refugee

Fatmata Kargbo
as Refugee

Hannah Koroma
as Refugee

Gabriel Magok
as Refugee

Sarah M. Mansaray
as Refugee

Sophia Mark
as Refugee

Abraham Nhiany
as Refugee

Nathaniel Nyok
as Refugee

Christiana Obani
as Refugee

Esther Quaye
as Refugee

Martha Quaye
as Refugee

Alice B. Shaw
as Refugee

Antonio Suco
as Refugee

Faustino Suco
as Refugee

Carmel Nyirabimana-Izuba
as Refugee

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• Jul 21, 2013

  Fuqua is a magician: give him almost any material and he'll transform it into something superficial. The feature has a weak storyline and awful pacing issues, lack of good acting and characters that you care for. They expect from us to be moved by images of human suffering while forgetting the most essential elements of filmmaking. War is no game in real life, that's true, but the war genre is no game either. How am I supposed to feel sympathy for cardboard cutouts despite a surrounding carnage? And how am I supposed to believe that an emotionless Bruce Willis, with a permanently serious face that rivals Steven Seagal's, had motivations, feelings, objectives or whatever it was he had? He was asked in the film why he changed the mission. His answer was: "I'll tell you when I know". We we never told. There was no need to abandon the audience and leave it with sensationalism. 52/100
  Edgar C Super Reviewer
• May 09, 2012

  I'm guessing they put this on TV because of the KONY hype, or I'm just crazy for thinking its based on him, I've put this movie on hold until it came on TV and I watched the entire thing because of Bruce Willis and it was worth the watch
  

  Shawn M Super Reviewer
• Jan 17, 2012

  There's a lot to admire about Antoine Fuqua's Tears of the Sun amidst the "Ra Ra America" sentiment, and the weak storyline about a hard as nails Lieutenant who never disobeys an order until now. I really enjoyed the first hour of this film. Unlike most action war pictures that find a conflict to exploit, Tears of the Sun immerses itself in the horror of the political situation, and the horrific genocide that is currently taking place. Nigerian rebels have successfully overthrown a democratically elected government, and before the entire country descends into complete chaos (which it pretty much already has), the US Navy SEALS have decided to extract all American military and personnel in the area. Bruce Willis plays a commander whose team has been ordered to find and extract an American doctor, played by Monica Bellucci. Things get complicated when this doctor refuses to leave without many of the nearby Nigerian civilians she's been treating. Against his orders, Willis agrees, and soon after, he and his team become pursued by the Rebels as this doctor seems to be more important to them than anyone could have realized. Genocide is a horrible thing. Even more horrible is how so much of the world watches in dismay, yet does not lift a finger to help save these people. Wars between African tribes seem to always end in mass genocide, and this script means to put these American soldiers into a situation where they are forced to look face to face at the human cost they will have to bear by leaving the innocent Nigerians to fend for themselves. For the first half of the film, the violence is kept at a minimal, and we get to know all the soldiers in the platoon, as well as many of the innocents that are being led to safety. Of course, this being a studio film, the second half of the film dissolves into an action packed firefight between the American soldiers and the African Rebels. Fuqua isn't the strongest action director either, and many of these scenes lack real excitement. Amidst these war sequences, the film pauses to focus on how grateful these civilians are that these soldiers are there for them and that God will bless them. There's nothing particularly wrong with including one or even two such scenes, but there are too many to count, and the "Ra Ra" undertones become a little too obvious for my tastes. And because the film starts off as a darker, more intellectual narrative, it's disappointing that the filmmakers opted for a typical action movie showdown as opposed to a proper and much more daring follow through.
  Edward B Super Reviewer
• Dec 02, 2011

  To be honest, I can barely remember anything about this film, but what i do remember, it was pretty boring.
  Bradley W Super Reviewer

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