Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) and his elite team of Navy SEALS have their work cut out for them when they are dispatched to war-torn Nigeria with orders to rescue an American citizen, Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci). The mission is pretty cut and dry except for one glitch: Dr. Kendricks will have to abandon the natives to whom she has been providing healthcare and those that work in the mission where her rudimentary hospital is located. Of course, Dr. Kendricks refuses to leave without her people, forcing Lt. Waters to choose between completing his orders as directed or putting the lives of his men on the line by helping the refugees cross the border to Cameroon on foot. To complicate matters, the group is being pursued by militant guerillas who destroy everything in their path. Willis is in top DIE HARD form as Lt. Waters, a touch-as-nails military man who confronts his conscience and makes decisions that surprise even him as he finds himself influenced by the stubborn Dr. Kendricks. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY), this film offers an enlightening and disturbing look at the conditions that permeate war-torn countries.

Theatrical Release: MARCH 7, 2003

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Widescreen - 2.39
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary: Antoine Fuqua - Director
Writer's Observations
Featurette:
1. JOURNEY TO SAFETY: MAKING 'TEARS OF THE SUN'
2. VOICES OF AFRICA
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus
Interactive Map of Africa
Text/Photo Galleries:
Africa Fact Track

Bruce Willis: American actor, THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
Monica Bellucci: Italian actress, MALENA, UNDER SUSPICION
Cole Hauser: Actor
Fionnula Flanagan: TV Actress
Tom Skerritt: American actor
Eamonn Walker: actor, ONCE IN THE LIFE
Akosua Busia: Actress/"Low Blow"
Nick Chinlund: Actor
Paul Francis: Actor\"WARLOCK III"
Peter Mensah: Actor, JASON X (2002)

Antoine Fuqua: Director

Mike Lobell: Producer
Arnold Rifkin: Producer
Ian Bryce: 

Patrick Cirillo: 
Robert Orr: Screenwriter
Alex Lasker: Screenwriter, TEARS OF THE SUN (2003)

Hans Zimmer: Composer

Conrad Buff: Editor

"...Willis does easily what some actors cannot do at all, playing minimalist hard-boiled heroism..."
"...[Fuqua] knows how to stage a skirmish in the foliage so that each leaf glistens with waxy moonlit peril...and he makes gripping use of silence..."