Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film produced and directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1999 non-fiction book of the same name by journalist Mark Bowden, about the U.S. military's 1993 raid in Mogadishu. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, and Tom Hardy in his first film role. Black Hawk Down had a limited release in four theaters on December 28, 2001, in order to be eligible for the 2001 Oscars. It had a wide released on January 11, 2002 in the United States.

Plot
The film takes place in 1993 when the U.S. sent special forces into Somalia to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the starving population. Using Black Hawk helicopters to lower the soldiers onto the ground, an unexpected attack by Somalian forces brings two of the helicopters down immediately. From there, the U.S. soldiers must struggle to regain their balance while enduring heavy gunfire.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Black Hawk Down is a mostly marvelous film, you may wonder that you are talking about the Ridley Scott's war-theme.
 * 2) It has barely any clichés. This is here what they help audiences understand and sympathize with the actual experiences of combat troops, instead of trivializing them into entertainments
 * 3) The battle scenes are still amazing, like the scene showing the horrors of flying in a helicopter over a combat zone.
 * 4) Not only the concept is interesting, but it is also amazing creative way.
 * 5) The visual effects are amusing, like the explosion. They shows about whatever they are.
 * 6) The score by the legendary Hans Zimmer is majestic and great.
 * 7) The cast performance itself is, yes thats the one, spot-on, impressive, great and supreme as well as one of the main attractions of Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner and Sam Shepard.
 * 8) Despite being war film, there are no shaky cam that can be the good used.
 * 9) There is a great amount of violence that is organic, and realistic, meaning to what happened here.
 * 10) The movie tells the book it is based on.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It has much controversial and inaccuracies, like the film begins with the quote, "Only the dead have seen the end of war," misattributed to Plato. Research shows this quote first appeared in the works of George Santayana.

Reception
Black Hawk Down received positive reviews from critics and audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 76% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 6.96/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though it's light on character development and cultural empathy, Black Hawk Down is a visceral, pulse-pounding portrait of war, elevated by Ridley Scott's superb technical skill.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A- on scale of A to F.

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