HE WAS TRAINED TO FOLLOW ORDERS. HE BECAME A HERO BY DEFYING THEM.

When innocent civilians are trapped in a situation like the one in the movie, neutrality must be abandoned and the West must do what it takes to protect those civilians – that is the message the filmmakers are trying to convey here. They do it through a small group of Navy SEALs who are forced to make difficult decisions while trying to rescue a doctor (Monica Bellucci) in the Nigerian jungle. Well told and convincingly shot in the inhospitable jungle, but the proceedings become a bit too formulaic near the ending. Still, Bruce Willis is quite good as the group’s leader.

2003-U.S. 118 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Cast: Bruce Willis (A.K. Waters), Monica Bellucci (Lena Fiore Kendricks), Cole Hauser (James “Red” Atkins), Eamonn Walker, Nick Chinlund, Fionnula Flanagan… Tom Skerritt.

Trivia: Alternative version runs 146 min. The movie was originally intended to be the fourth chapter in the Die Hard series.

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