Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the film, Tom Skerritt is on the same aircraft carrier as the fighter jets, but right after the jets bomb the enemy soldiers, Tom Skerritt arrives in a helicopter. There is no way that a helicopter is just as fast as an F-18 fighter jet. (01:44:25)

Tears of the Sun (2003)
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Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Eamonn Walker
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Ellis 'Zee' Pettigrew: Those Africans are my people too. For all the years that we have been told to stand down and stand by, you doin' the right thing.
Lt. A.K. Waters: For our sins.
Ellis 'Zee' Pettigrew: Hooyah.
Lt. A.K. Waters: Hooyah.
Trivia: "Tears of the Sun" was originally going to be the subtitle of Die Hard 4.0. Bruce Willis told the film company he would commit to DH4 if he could use the subtitle for this film.
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