In an early scene in Antoine Fuqua’s Tears of the Sun, a besieged Catholic missionary in civil-war-torn Nigeria tells Navy ... for defying orders. In a movie with so much graphic suffering ...

When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission ...

After witnessing the Nigerian rebels' genocidal mania, Waters abandons his mission and leads Hendricks' ailing patients toward safety at the Cameroon border. Tears Of The Sun is a routine war pic ...