Rotten
Will a thinking audience really buy the image of helpless, grateful people bestowing kisses and victory songs upon Willis as the representative of all things American: power, guts, compassion?
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Tears of the Sun
He was trained to follow orders. He became a hero by defying them.
2003 · 2h 1m · R
Action, Drama, War
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Overview
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Director and cast
- Antoine Fuqua Director
- Bruce Willis as Lieutenant A.K. Waters
- Monica Bellucci as Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks
- Cole Hauser as James 'Red' Atkins
- Eamonn Walker as Ellis 'Zee' Pettigrew
- Johnny Messner as Kelly Lake
- Nick Chinlund as Michael 'Slo' Slowenski
- Tom Skerritt as Captain Bill Rhodes
- Akosua Busia as Patience
- Peter Mensah as Terwase
- Malick Bowens as Colonel Idris Sadick
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Deserves the bad reviews and the lackluster earnings it has accumulated thus far.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
Raping and pillaging and blowing things up is mainly what this movie is about, although it claims to show how the most robotic, dehumanized soldiers can be transformed by human suffering.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
Fuqua ... can stage action, but he can't save a trivializing, reactionary script featuring a Hollywood star (read America) as a global savior.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
This Black Hawk Down theft is a trial by cliche.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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