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A U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. unit is sent on a mission into Nigeria to safely extract a doctor (Monica Bellucci)
along with two nuns and a priest who are in danger of being attacked by rebels. The rebels are making their way through the country after
a violent coup, brutalizing and massacring civilians. When the doctor refuses to abandon the refugees under her care, the leader of the
U.S. force (Bruce Willis) must decide whether to follow orders or his conscience. Also with Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan and Tom
Skerritt. [1:58]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A woman's top is torn open and exposes her bare breasts (this is during a rape scene, please see the
Violence/Gore category for more details). A woman caresses a man's face and head and he rests his head on her chest. A woman's shirt
exposes cleavage.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - We enter a hut where a woman screams and we see a man on top of her thrusting; we discover that what he
was doing was cutting off her breasts (it is not clear whether or not she was also raped), and her dead infant is discovered under a
nearby rock -- the woman is covered with blood and convulses from the pain before dying. A man is knifed to death. We see a village being
attacked by rebels: we see a woman being shot, we hear women screaming, we see a man being brutally beaten, we see a man with a rubber
tire around him struggling to get free while gasoline is poured over him, another man is beaten (he has blood on his chest and face) and
shot. We see a man on top of a woman as he is raping her -- he is then killed by another man -- and we see a large pile of bloody bodies.
There is a battle between rebels and the S.E.A.L. team with lots of gunfire exchanged and many grenades launched back and forth; we see
several people who were injured or killed by falling trees and one man dies from a very bloody stomach wound. During another exchange
between rebels and the S.E.A.L. team the soldiers try to hold the rebels back while civilians run for cover: a man tries to save a woman
who is stuck and they are both mowed down by gunfire, two other men are shot, a woman is shot (we see blood coming from her ears), a man
is shot and he falls dead in a stream, and a man is shot three times in the neck. Planes drop bombs and we see many people tossed into the
air when they explode and a huge plume of smoke and fire. A man is shot as he runs away and we see a bloody hole in his chest and his
shirt covered with blood. A man is shot through the shoulder (he falls back onto the ground and is stunned), and a man is shot in the leg.
Several men are shot by snipers and other armed men as they go through a village, and some are stabbed with knives. A group of rebels
enter a mission's compound, barge into the church, push a priest to his knees and one man raises a machete high over him and brings it
down -- the camera cuts away before seeing the man being beheaded. We later see the mission buildings burning, bodies strewn through the
compound, and the water surrounding the compound is red with blood. A man is grabbed from behind and stabbed (he struggles a bit and falls
to the ground). Explosive charges are set off sending men through the air (we see one with a part of his leg missing) and there is a plume
of red spray. A man is slashed on the arm by a man with a knife and we see blood dribbling from his hand later. We see images of streets
burning and civilians running in fear from armed men: one man is shot down in the street, a woman is hit by a soldier, and we see a pile
of dead bodies lying on a street. There are a few scenes that show a makeshift hospital where there are many people with very bloody
wounds: a doctor is shown finishing surgery on a young man whose chest is very bloody, her surgical gown is blood-spattered, and blood
drips into a bowl from a table. A man holds a gun to another man's head and threatens to shoot him. A man dreams of a rebel party racing
through the jungle toward them. There are many tense scenes when a group of civilians, with a military escort, travels through a jungle
and is nearly discovered by a band of rebels who are chasing them (people hide in the scrub and lie very still). There are many scenes of
people grieving over dead people. A woman slaps a man in the face and yells at him. A woman is startled and frightened by men surfacing
from the water where she is filling a bucket; she is grabbed over the mouth and held. We hear reports of ethnic skirmishes, we hear a
report that an entire presidential family has been assassinated, we hear that a baby's mother has died from her injuries, and we hear that
a woman's husband was killed. Soldiers parachute off the back of a plane. A man has a bloody cut on his forehead. A baboon yawns and we
see its really long fangs.
PROFANITY 7 - 21 F-words and its derivatives, 4 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 7 mild obscenities, 9 religious
profanities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Africa, rebellions, massacres, barbarity, war, ethnic cleansing, doubt, democracy, diplomacy, the United
Nations, greed.
MESSAGE - The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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