Tears of the Sun (2003)
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
During a coup in Nigeria, a Navy SEAL team flies from a carrier offshore to rescue an American doctor from a jungle mission and ends up escorting refugees on foot to the Cameroon border.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1USS Harry S. Truman≈ 00:03:00Gulf of GuineaStated on screen
The SEALs are briefed aboard the carrier off the coast.
- 2Christian mission, rural Nigeria (fictional)≈ 00:10:00InferredFictional
Kendricks refuses to leave without her patients.
- 3Extraction point≈ 00:28:00Jungle of southeastern NigeriaInferred
Waters forces her onto the helicopter, then turns back for the refugees.
- 4Raided village≈ 00:55:00Jungle of southeastern NigeriaInferred
- 5Nigeria–Cameroon border≈ 01:45:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 448 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Helicopter: 353 km
- On foot: 95 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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