Tears of the Sun [Blu-ray]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good Story, Great Picture and Great Sound
  • A good Bruce Willis Movie - BUY IT
  • great blu ray
  • Graphic but it tells the story
  • Not the Extended Directors Cut.
 Tears of the Sun [Blu-ray]
Starring: Bruce Willis , and Cole Hauser
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000GRU0A2
Release Date: 2006-09-19

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Good Story, Great Picture and Great Sound.......2007-07-06

I brought this dvd purely because i want to see the difference between my old dvd and Blu-ray version. as a result, i never regret to have brought this item, picturewise it is much superior than the regular dvd, u can now see clearly the sweat/dirt and even raindrop where in the past u can hardly see it. soundwise it is much fuller then the redular version. so overall "two thumbs up" for this dvd

4 out of 5 stars A good Bruce Willis Movie - BUY IT.......2007-05-07

An excellent movie with full sound and video, buy it now.

4 out of 5 stars great blu ray.......2007-04-19

besides being a good movie the blu ray effects put you right into the film as though you were there while its happening.

4 out of 5 stars Graphic but it tells the story.......2007-04-11

I dont think there was any other way to make this movie. Without knowing what it was about I purchased it on Blu-ray and watched it. Its full of graphic violence yet not meant to entertain as much as it was to tell the story. Makes you realize how good we have it here in the free world. It puts life into perspective for all us whiners and complainers. It also does some good charechter development and is worth watching. This movie is gripping, it really reels you in.

3 out of 5 stars Not the Extended Directors Cut........2007-04-05

Why bother to create a Blu-Ray version of this movie without making it the best version possible? The only version of this movie that should be shown is the Extended Directors Cut which is without a doubt the most powerful movie I have seen this past year. This Blu-Ray version is a gutted, weak, disjointed version.

The technical aspects of the movie are top notch, that being the video and audio transfer.
Tears of the Sun (Special Edition)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Into The Heart of the Darkness...
  • Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!
  • Apalling racist claptrap
  • Solid Entertainment
  • A Better Version
 Tears of the Sun (Special Edition)
Starring: Bruce Willis , Monica Bellucci , Cole Hauser , Eamonn Walker , and Johnny Messner
Director: Antoine Fuqua
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ASIN: B000095WW8
Release Date: 2003-06-10

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While it offers nothing new to the military action genre, Tears of the Sun distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship, and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of Black Hawk Down, involving a crack team of U.S. Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amidst the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skillful team enters a hot zone that gets even hotter when their "package"--an American national (Monica Bellucci) who runs the isolated mission--demands that 70 Nigerian villagers be included in the rescue. Willis's uneasy conscience leads him to defy orders and expand his mission, and in an ambitious follow up to Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's Die Hard series, and released on the eve of America's war with Iraq, Tears of the Sun admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs. political evil. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Into The Heart of the Darkness..........2007-08-25

2003's "Tears of the Sun" was released just prior to the start of the current war in Iraq; the timing and its setting in a civil war-torn Nigeria probably denied it the attention this well-crafted and tough-minded movie deserved.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, "Tears of the Sun" features Bruce Willis as a Navy SEAL team Lieutenant and Monica Belluci as the American missionary doctor his team is sent to rescue. The setting is yet another non-combatant evacuation of American citizens from a troubled African country. As with any military mission, there are rules of engagement. Willis's boss, a crusty Navy Admiral nicely played by Tom Skerrit, tells the SEALs to get in, rescue the American, and get out without becoming involved in the local conflict.

Willis's team saddles up, enters the jungle by helicopter, locates the mission and the American doctor, and encounters their first complication. The doctor refuses to leave without the Nigerian refugees in her care, who will be slaughtered by rebel militia if left behind. The war-weary but compassionate SEAL leader elects to defy his orders and try to escort the refugees to safety at the nearest land border.

Thus begins a grim journey, as the SEALs shepard the refugees through a gauntlet of jungle infested by murderous rebel militia, repeatedly betrayed by a traitor among the refugees. The SEALs will demonstrate their combat skills in a series of battles with the militia, motivated by their growing empathy for the refugees.

Fuqua's direction is fast-paced; the action sequences are often brutal but adroitly staged. Willis is stoic and entirely believable as the SEAL team leader; the sarcasm of "Die Hard's" John McClane would have been inappropriate here. The conflict between Willis and his boss over the rules of engagement looks contrived in the face of the admiral's repeated efforts to help the SEAL team, but the real message may have been intended for those political leaders who averted their eyes from bloodbaths like Rhwanda in an earlier time.

This movie is well-recommended as an above-average action thriller with emotional content.

4 out of 5 stars Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!.......2007-07-29

Tears of the Sun ranks as one of my favorites in my DVD collection as being one of the most beautiful filmed movie and action/adventure thrill ride with well casted Good and Bad guys that never lets up. Well written and directed by the director of Training Day and the newer Shooter, the screenplay was above average too.

But I didn't give it a 5-star rating becuase I wanted to see more of the Bad guys. They looked mean and colorful, but they were never delved into. I like books and movies where the bad guy's characters are covered, making them more interesting.

But Tears of the Sun will not only thrill you, but also horrify you at how realistic the approach is to the reality of this situation in Africa.

1 out of 5 stars Apalling racist claptrap.......2007-07-18

Having chosen to set it in a real country, Nigeria, the movie then proceeds to play Nigerians as 'bad, evil' people who will commit atrocities because they can; the breakaway Igbo people as inherently good, but in need of protection from Americans; the last member of the Igbo royal family (the Igbo do not have a royal family) as a snivelling coward, until given a stiff talking to by Bruce Willis, helping turn him into a man; the Igbo desperate to assure the Americans that they are good people who will never be forgotten; and the Americans defenders of right against wrong.

4 out of 5 stars Solid Entertainment.......2007-06-15

This was a good enough movie - pretty solid acting, entertaining in most spots. However, I noticed this movie wasn't filmed anywhere near Africa -it was filmed on the island of Kauai (pretty tough eh?)

4 out of 5 stars A Better Version.......2007-06-13

This Director's Extended Cut is much better than the theatrical release. This version places the film in a more understandble political context in Nigeria than merely rebel troops running after "indigenous" personnel. The Director's cut added scenes which explains how the story unfolded as oppose to a mere military action flick in the theatrical release.
The Police - LIVE - Ghost in the Machine
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • More PLEASE!
  • Good DVD for big fans...
  • Only a Transitional Period for The Police!...
  • For Die-Hards Only
  • Much better performance than the Synchronicity concert
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One of the greatest rock bands ever, The Police are at their very best in a RARE Live concert performance recorded at Gateshead, England on July 31, 1982. It features Sting on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andy Summers on lead guitars, and Stewart Copeland on drums. Over 90 minutes of Live Footage!! TRACKS: 1) Message In A Bottle; 2) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; 3)Walking On The Moon; 4) Spirits In The Material World; 5) Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi); 6) When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around; 7) The Bed's Too Big Without You; 8) De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da; 9) Demolition Man; 10) Shadows In The Rain; 11) Driven To Tears; 12) Bring On The Night; 13) One World (Not Three); 14) Invisible Sun; 15) Roxanne; 16) Don't Stand So Close To Me; 17) Can't Stand Losing You - Reggatta De Blanc- Be My Girl, Sally 18) So Lonely. ++++ DVD FEATURES: This officially released DVD from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (plays worldwide), provides Full Screen display and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound in ENGLISH with optional (removable) Korean subtitles.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars More PLEASE!.......2007-09-02

With the Police reunion in full swing (albeit unaffordable for me, even on a physician's salary!) those of us who worshipped the Police in the 80's can only hope that Sting and the boys will dig into the boxes for some old live footage and bring us some new DVD's. A redone "Police Around the World" would be nice and some pre-Synchronicity live shows would be awesome. I have a poor quality recording of the Police in Chile from the Ghost in the Machine tour that is just awesome from a concert standpoint, though the quality is awful (I compiled it from YouTube videos and burned it myself). Which brings us to this DVD...the quality is pretty good. I agree with others that the instrument mix was a failed experiment...the horns and Sting's footpedal organ are more distracting than helpful to the music. Sting was obviously tired of what he could accomplish with a 3 piece band, and trying to see what he could come up with. My Chile concert shows that he could make it work...and it certainly worked fine when I saw them in Greensboro during this tour. Speaking of annoying, Sting takes a bite of something like a powdered donut during the show and the lingering powder at the corner of his mouth is funny and annoying. Even rock gods can look silly. Then again, maybe this is why this video is not in wide production...I'm sure Sting was quite pissed that they payed for a video crew for this show and ended up with powdered sugar on his face! Overall, with no other DVD's readily available, I am glad to have this one. While I thought the Synchronicity concert was awesome when I saw it live, looking back at the DVD, the earlier iterations of the Police were much more organic in terms of the music and the band's interactions on stage.

4 out of 5 stars Good DVD for big fans..........2007-08-04

This probably wouldn't be the biggest hit with the more casual fans, but it is a nice show to have for the bigger fans who want as much as they can get from a favorite band. Being one of the people who want to see and hear all that I can, I loved it. However, if you're more of a casual Police fan, go for the Synchronicity concert first, and then try to catch the bootlegs and such.

5 out of 5 stars Only a Transitional Period for The Police!..........2007-07-27

It's been said that The Police is coming in August to play again in Mexico, but the first time was in 1980 when I saw a concert of The Police Live in the city of Mexico, playing the songs of their then latest album "Zenyatta Mondatta". The gig was a real spontaneous magical moment. Everybody were exited as the songs gone bye with the high driving energy of a ¡trio!: Stewart Copeland, a maravellous rhythmic drummer owner of a great technic; Andy Summers, a creative guitarist who's powerful cool chords where the perfect asset for the band's arrangements; and Gordon Summer (who is known better as "Sting") with an enigmatic personality, amaze for his bass lines that gave good melodies to the Rock Genre.

The Ghost in the machine concert is a transitional musical stage for The Police Guys; it's a little strange gig for the way that sting performs in the stage while he's eating a pineapple or playing the taurus pedals out of time in the first track "Message In A Bottle" (the Taurus pedals' idea is good) or the adition of a keyboard next to Andy Summers' side that he almost never played, but overall the music is really fantastic and well played by the band. The horn section is a great asset for the support of the songs, and it's a more natural way to enrich the music of a Rock group. I really prefer to see The Police this way than in the last Atlanta's concert with less Rock and roll feel. I'm not a die hard fan, but at least in this concert their effort is more apreciated in songs like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Spirits In The Material World" or "Invisible Sun", where we can realize about the difficulty to present and perform overdubbed studio material that It's not the same in a live situation. Great!... By the other side the perform of songs like "Don't Stand So Close To Me", "When The World Is Running Down..." or "The Do Do Do The Da Da Da" are amazing without forget the classic songs of their first and second albums like "Roxanne" or "Walking in the moon". So Good Luck!...

3 out of 5 stars For Die-Hards Only.......2007-03-28

I was actually at a show from this tour and it seemed a lot better than represented here.

This is cool for a time capsule, and there are some okay performances of some songs, but they're undercut by the bad mix and iffy camera work.

Oh, and then those horns. Thank God THAT idea never took hold after this tour. Eeesh.

The only thing worse than the horns was Sting's foot-synth which he uses on a couple of songs. The effect, in a word: tragic. It sounds more like a car alarm than a good musical idea.

Far, far superior is the Synchronicity concert--buy that.

AND wait for "Police Around the World" to come out on DVD. That is the best document of early Police and has killer performances from all over the world.

5 out of 5 stars Much better performance than the Synchronicity concert.......2007-03-09

Excellent performance, I especially liked how the last song (So Lonely) came out. One of the best live versions I've seen /heard of this song. Although the sound quality is not as good as that of the Synchronicity DVD, overall I think this is a much better performance (at least Sting's voice does not sound hoarse in this one).
Tears of the Sun (Unrated Director's Cut)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Into The Heart of the Darkness...
  • Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!
  • Apalling racist claptrap
  • Solid Entertainment
  • A Better Version
 Tears of the Sun (Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Bruce Willis , Monica Bellucci , Cole Hauser , Eamonn Walker , and Johnny Messner
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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While it offers nothing new to the military action genre, Tears of the Sun distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship, and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of Black Hawk Down, involving a crack team of U.S. Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amidst the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skillful team enters a hot zone that gets even hotter when their "package"--an American national (Monica Bellucci) who runs the isolated mission--demands that 70 Nigerian villagers be included in the rescue. Willis's uneasy conscience leads him to defy orders and expand his mission, and in an ambitious follow up to Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's Die Hard series, and released on the eve of America's war with Iraq, Tears of the Sun admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs. political evil. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Into The Heart of the Darkness..........2007-08-25

2003's "Tears of the Sun" was released just prior to the start of the current war in Iraq; the timing and its setting in a civil war-torn Nigeria probably denied it the attention this well-crafted and tough-minded movie deserved.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, "Tears of the Sun" features Bruce Willis as a Navy SEAL team Lieutenant and Monica Belluci as the American missionary doctor his team is sent to rescue. The setting is yet another non-combatant evacuation of American citizens from a troubled African country. As with any military mission, there are rules of engagement. Willis's boss, a crusty Navy Admiral nicely played by Tom Skerrit, tells the SEALs to get in, rescue the American, and get out without becoming involved in the local conflict.

Willis's team saddles up, enters the jungle by helicopter, locates the mission and the American doctor, and encounters their first complication. The doctor refuses to leave without the Nigerian refugees in her care, who will be slaughtered by rebel militia if left behind. The war-weary but compassionate SEAL leader elects to defy his orders and try to escort the refugees to safety at the nearest land border.

Thus begins a grim journey, as the SEALs shepard the refugees through a gauntlet of jungle infested by murderous rebel militia, repeatedly betrayed by a traitor among the refugees. The SEALs will demonstrate their combat skills in a series of battles with the militia, motivated by their growing empathy for the refugees.

Fuqua's direction is fast-paced; the action sequences are often brutal but adroitly staged. Willis is stoic and entirely believable as the SEAL team leader; the sarcasm of "Die Hard's" John McClane would have been inappropriate here. The conflict between Willis and his boss over the rules of engagement looks contrived in the face of the admiral's repeated efforts to help the SEAL team, but the real message may have been intended for those political leaders who averted their eyes from bloodbaths like Rhwanda in an earlier time.

This movie is well-recommended as an above-average action thriller with emotional content.

4 out of 5 stars Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!.......2007-07-29

Tears of the Sun ranks as one of my favorites in my DVD collection as being one of the most beautiful filmed movie and action/adventure thrill ride with well casted Good and Bad guys that never lets up. Well written and directed by the director of Training Day and the newer Shooter, the screenplay was above average too.

But I didn't give it a 5-star rating becuase I wanted to see more of the Bad guys. They looked mean and colorful, but they were never delved into. I like books and movies where the bad guy's characters are covered, making them more interesting.

But Tears of the Sun will not only thrill you, but also horrify you at how realistic the approach is to the reality of this situation in Africa.

1 out of 5 stars Apalling racist claptrap.......2007-07-18

Having chosen to set it in a real country, Nigeria, the movie then proceeds to play Nigerians as 'bad, evil' people who will commit atrocities because they can; the breakaway Igbo people as inherently good, but in need of protection from Americans; the last member of the Igbo royal family (the Igbo do not have a royal family) as a snivelling coward, until given a stiff talking to by Bruce Willis, helping turn him into a man; the Igbo desperate to assure the Americans that they are good people who will never be forgotten; and the Americans defenders of right against wrong.

4 out of 5 stars Solid Entertainment.......2007-06-15

This was a good enough movie - pretty solid acting, entertaining in most spots. However, I noticed this movie wasn't filmed anywhere near Africa -it was filmed on the island of Kauai (pretty tough eh?)

4 out of 5 stars A Better Version.......2007-06-13

This Director's Extended Cut is much better than the theatrical release. This version places the film in a more understandble political context in Nigeria than merely rebel troops running after "indigenous" personnel. The Director's cut added scenes which explains how the story unfolded as oppose to a mere military action flick in the theatrical release.
The Patriot Pack (The Patriot Special Edition / Tears Of The Sun Special Edition / Black Hawk Down / Glory)
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    Starring: Mel Gibson , Heath Ledger , Joely Richardson , Jason Isaacs , and Chris Cooper
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    Release Date: 2004-04-24
    Tears of the Sun/Basic
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      Tears of the Sun [Region 2]
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • Into The Heart of the Darkness...
      • Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!
      • Apalling racist claptrap
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      		 Tears of the Sun [Region 2]
      Starring: Bruce Willis , Monica Bellucci , Cole Hauser , Eamonn Walker , and Johnny Messner
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      While it offers nothing new to the military action genre, Tears of the Sun distinguishes itself with fine acting, expert craftsmanship, and seriousness of purpose. Its familiar "extraction mission" plot is essentially similar to that of Black Hawk Down, involving a crack team of U.S. Special Ops commandos struggling to rescue innocent missionaries amidst the bloody horror of Nigerian ethnic cleansing. With Bruce Willis as their grizzled, no-nonsense commander, the skillful team enters a hot zone that gets even hotter when their "package"--an American national (Monica Bellucci) who runs the isolated mission--demands that 70 Nigerian villagers be included in the rescue. Willis's uneasy conscience leads him to defy orders and expand his mission, and in an ambitious follow up to Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua escalates tension and strike-force with considerable emotional impact. Originally considered as a potential entry in Willis's Die Hard series, and released on the eve of America's war with Iraq, Tears of the Sun admirably avoids jingoism with its rousing story of personal good vs. political evil. --Jeff Shannon

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      4 out of 5 stars Into The Heart of the Darkness..........2007-08-25

      2003's "Tears of the Sun" was released just prior to the start of the current war in Iraq; the timing and its setting in a civil war-torn Nigeria probably denied it the attention this well-crafted and tough-minded movie deserved.

      Directed by Antoine Fuqua, "Tears of the Sun" features Bruce Willis as a Navy SEAL team Lieutenant and Monica Belluci as the American missionary doctor his team is sent to rescue. The setting is yet another non-combatant evacuation of American citizens from a troubled African country. As with any military mission, there are rules of engagement. Willis's boss, a crusty Navy Admiral nicely played by Tom Skerrit, tells the SEALs to get in, rescue the American, and get out without becoming involved in the local conflict.

      Willis's team saddles up, enters the jungle by helicopter, locates the mission and the American doctor, and encounters their first complication. The doctor refuses to leave without the Nigerian refugees in her care, who will be slaughtered by rebel militia if left behind. The war-weary but compassionate SEAL leader elects to defy his orders and try to escort the refugees to safety at the nearest land border.

      Thus begins a grim journey, as the SEALs shepard the refugees through a gauntlet of jungle infested by murderous rebel militia, repeatedly betrayed by a traitor among the refugees. The SEALs will demonstrate their combat skills in a series of battles with the militia, motivated by their growing empathy for the refugees.

      Fuqua's direction is fast-paced; the action sequences are often brutal but adroitly staged. Willis is stoic and entirely believable as the SEAL team leader; the sarcasm of "Die Hard's" John McClane would have been inappropriate here. The conflict between Willis and his boss over the rules of engagement looks contrived in the face of the admiral's repeated efforts to help the SEAL team, but the real message may have been intended for those political leaders who averted their eyes from bloodbaths like Rhwanda in an earlier time.

      This movie is well-recommended as an above-average action thriller with emotional content.

      4 out of 5 stars Tears of the Sun Cries for Action!.......2007-07-29

      Tears of the Sun ranks as one of my favorites in my DVD collection as being one of the most beautiful filmed movie and action/adventure thrill ride with well casted Good and Bad guys that never lets up. Well written and directed by the director of Training Day and the newer Shooter, the screenplay was above average too.

      But I didn't give it a 5-star rating becuase I wanted to see more of the Bad guys. They looked mean and colorful, but they were never delved into. I like books and movies where the bad guy's characters are covered, making them more interesting.

      But Tears of the Sun will not only thrill you, but also horrify you at how realistic the approach is to the reality of this situation in Africa.

      1 out of 5 stars Apalling racist claptrap.......2007-07-18

      Having chosen to set it in a real country, Nigeria, the movie then proceeds to play Nigerians as 'bad, evil' people who will commit atrocities because they can; the breakaway Igbo people as inherently good, but in need of protection from Americans; the last member of the Igbo royal family (the Igbo do not have a royal family) as a snivelling coward, until given a stiff talking to by Bruce Willis, helping turn him into a man; the Igbo desperate to assure the Americans that they are good people who will never be forgotten; and the Americans defenders of right against wrong.

      4 out of 5 stars Solid Entertainment.......2007-06-15

      This was a good enough movie - pretty solid acting, entertaining in most spots. However, I noticed this movie wasn't filmed anywhere near Africa -it was filmed on the island of Kauai (pretty tough eh?)

      4 out of 5 stars A Better Version.......2007-06-13

      This Director's Extended Cut is much better than the theatrical release. This version places the film in a more understandble political context in Nigeria than merely rebel troops running after "indigenous" personnel. The Director's cut added scenes which explains how the story unfolded as oppose to a mere military action flick in the theatrical release.

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