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Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon
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Stunning. Tragic. Suspenseful. Sad.
When the world could no longer watch the genocide of Somalia by internal warring tribes, the United States and the U.N. stepped in to referee the conflict. President Clinton ordered Rangers and Special Forces into the fray to control the bloodshed. Using lightly-armored, fast-response teams, the brave American servicemen found themselves outgunned and out-numbered at the point of conflict.
The heroism of these brave warriors in the face of overwhelming odds will put a lump in your throat. Well-acted, scripted and written, Black Hawk Down is a disturbing rear-view look into a not-so-successful policy which caused many deaths and injuries to some of America's bravest souls. It also should give pause to policy-makers who set our sons and daughters in harm's way without sufficient armor or battle plan. But it probably won't.
Black Hawk Down is more than an action film. It is an exclamation point to a failed foreign policy operation. One wonders if this set the stage, in some way, for America's passive response in Rwanda and other African conflicts.
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It's a great movie, I hightly recommend it if you like war movies, or any genre. It does get gory, but that, and the language, is why it's rated-R. Overall, I loved it, it was amazing, teriffic acting, directing, all of it!
A Great Movie in a Great Collection
This was an absolute great movie when I saw it in 2002. Everything about this movie was great. The entire movie was as realistic "Saving Private Ryan". The cinematography was gritty and phenominal, placing you in the middle of Mogidishu. The sound was in your face. Ridley Scott did a terrific job of taking on this project, and the fact that he didn't win the Oscar for Best Director was upsetting.
The Deluxe Edition of the DVD is something to be desired. The Commentary by the Director, Producer, and the REAL soldiers who were there are all insightful. The History Channel Documentary on the Third Disc is something that needs to be watched before or after the viewing of the movie.
This is a great collection, in an even better DVD collection. If you think about buying this movie, buy the Deluxe Edition, and you won't be dissapointed.
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