This is a movie in which Bruce Willis is not only fighting the odds again as many other of his pictures, f.e. last man standing that contains a lot of meaningless gang-violence. But this more. First there is reality. This is a first and foremost a picture about the gruesomeness of ethnic cleansing, a movie about soldiers raping and mutilating men and women in sadistic fashion. It is also a picture about betrayal, out of fear and hatred, it is an invitation to challenge your thoughts about saving yourself at the cost of many others. Choices must be made, we learn, and they can be intolerably naive, because people bent on murder do not listen to reason, but they can also be wise, recklessly brave and show us valor. This picture is surprisingly good to be hones. Willis plays his role in a subdued fashion and his co-actors are performing in an admirable fashion. The underlying message is worth memorizing: evil can only spread and grow if good people do not act. But doing the right thing might a a dangerous thing. However in the end that saves the lives of people.
Review of Tears of the Sun
