 tears of the sun is a 2003 american action war drama film depicting a u.s. navy seal team rescue mission amidst the civil war in nigeria. lt a.k. waters (bruce willis) commands the team sent to rescue u.s. citizen dr. lena fiore kendricks (monica bellucci) from the civil war en route to her jungle hospital. the film was directed by antoine fuqua. willis produced tears of the sun through cheyenne enterprises, his production company, and took the title from an early subâtitle for live free or die hard, the fourth film in the die hard series; he filmed the sequel on condition he could use its sub-title for his seals war film. the cast of tears of the sun features refugees portrayed by true african refugees living in the united states. ==plot== lieutenant a.k. waters (bruce willis) and his u.s. navy seal detachment zee (eamonn walker), slo (nick chinlund), red (cole hauser), lake (johnny messner), silk (charles ingram), doc (paul francis), and flea (chad smith), are sent by captain bill rhodes (tom skerritt) to nigeria to extract a "critical persona", one dr. lena fiore kendricks (monica bellucci), a u.s. citizen by marriage. their secondary mission is to extract the mission priest and two nuns. the mission begins as planned. waters tells dr. kendricks of the company of rebel soldiers closing on her hospital and the mission, and that the team's orders are to extract u.s. personnel; however, kendricks refuses to leave without the patients. waters calls captain rhodes for options; after their short and ambiguous conversation, he concedes to dr. kendricks that they will take those refugees able to walk. she begins assembling the able-bodied for the  hike; the priest and the nuns stay behind to take care of the injured. irritated and behind schedule, the team and the refugees leave the hospital
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