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Those who like Willis' other movies will probably go to see this one.

It is much the same as the others, only noticeably slower.

Belluci displays generous, uh... virtues. According to a brief net search (watch out for the pop-ups) she will be in Matrix Reloaded too.

Hart's War was a much better movie, although it was also slow (too slow, imho) in places. But Hart's War had some real characters, and a better plot, while Tears had just cardboard characters and a predictable plot.

The aircraft carrier scenes (landings and takeoffs) were cool for hardware junkies, and the jungle scenes made one wonder where it was actually filmed. Tom Skerritt gives a good supporting role as Willis' commander on the carrier.

It think most of those predisposed to like Willis will still like the movie.

I enjoy watching how promotions for movies evolve. I noticed how the promotions for this movie kept changing. A few weeks ago, commercials aired scenes backed up with an unsuitable sound track of what passes for rock music and a tag line that claimed this was the best war movie since 'Black Hawk Down'. The sound track didn't seem to fit (though that could just be that I am getting old). That they claimed it was the best since Black Hawk Down didn't say much since not many war movies have come out since then (not many that I am aware of). The commercials then changed to a sound track better suited for a war movie (dramatic crescendos et al) and a claim that ties the movie in with the star; the best movie since Die Hard. Big shoes to fill IMHO, but no matter, Die Hard was then, this is now. Still, much of this movie seemed more akin to the laborious scenes in LOTR:TTT wherein Treebeard, Merry and Pippin (sic?) are walking, and walking, and walking, and, lamenting, and walking, and pontificating, and walking ad nauseam (ducking for cover).

I agree with things you sited about the movie; it was slow, had a limp plot, was predictable, and filled flat characters- all together about 30 minutes of usable stuff stretched out to 118 minutes. Perhaps the producers (or whoever makes such calls) could have re-tooled the movie, as they seemed to do with the promotions (at some immeasurable cost, financially and artistically).

All that said, I went in expecting nothing too similar to Die Hard. I wasn't disappointed. Laced between all the walking, there are scenes that are extremely graphic (I noticed a father and his two young daughters walk out, probably a good idea) and scenes that pull at the heart strings. The movie closes with a quote from Edmund Burke, that probably should have been part of the opening credits, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". And that made it all worth while.

Belluci displays generous, uh... virtues. According to a brief net search (watch out for the pop-ups) she will be in Matrix Reloaded too.

Monica Belluci will play Mary Magdalen in Mel Gibson's upcoming "The Passion".

The aircraft carrier scenes (landings and takeoffs) were cool for hardware junkies, and the jungle scenes made one wonder where it was actually filmed.

On a Hawaiian island.