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TEARS OF THE SUN – Hans Zimmer
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
War movies seem to be the new oeuvre at Media Ventures, especially war movies which take place in far-flung corners of the world. Following their contribution to Terence Malick’s Thin Red Line, Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, their latest project is Tears of the Sun, which basically tells the same story of American soldiers caught in the crossfire of a bloody civil war – but this time the setting is the inhospitable jungles of west Africa as opposed to the dusty streets of Mogadishu. Directed by Antoine “Training Day” Fuqua, Tears of the Sun stars Bruce Willis as Lt. Waters, the leader of an American special-ops group who are sent into the dense jungles of Nigeria to rescue Médecins Sans Frontières doctor Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci), who finds herself in danger when rebels overthrow the Government. However, Kendricks refuses to leave her isolated hospital unless Waters and his men agree to help transport 70 refugees to the nearby Cameroonian border, else they be slaughtered by the vicious, unforgiving rebel army. Reluctantly, Waters agrees, and soon he and his men are trekking through the forest with a large group of scared Nigerian men and women – all the while being pursued by the rebels. Read more…
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