Black Hawk Down
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's technical mastery drew broad admiration — the combat sequences immerse viewers in the chaos of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu with an intensity few war films match. Where critics diverged sharply was on the film's near-total sacrifice of character development and, more seriously, whether its treatment of Somali characters amounted to racism dressed up as realism.
“in relating the conflict, in which 18 Americans died and 70-plus were injured, the standard getting-to-know-you war-film characterizations are downplayed. While some may regard this as a shortcoming, it is, in fact, a virtue”
Mike Clark·USA Today
“reeks of glumly staged racism”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“though it depicted a shameful defeat, the soldiers were heroes willing to die for their brothers in arms ... The Movie showed brutal scenes of killing, but also courage, stoicism and honor ... The overall effect was stirring, if slightly pornographic, and it seemed to enhance the desire of Americans for a thumping war to avenge 9/11”
Evan Thomas·Newsweek
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirector
Josh HartnettEversmann
Ewan McGregorGrimes
Tom SizemoreMcKnight
Eric BanaHoot
William FichtnerSanderson
Ewen BremnerNelson
Sam ShepardGarrison
Gabriel CasseusKurth
Kim CoatesWex
Hugh DancySchmid
Ron EldardDurant
Ioan GruffuddBeales
Hans ZimmerComposer
Ken NolanWriter
Sławomir IdziakCinematographyBlack Hawk Down
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's technical mastery drew broad admiration — the combat sequences immerse viewers in the chaos of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu with an intensity few war films match. Where critics diverged sharply was on the film's near-total sacrifice of character development and, more seriously, whether its treatment of Somali characters amounted to racism dressed up as realism.
“in relating the conflict, in which 18 Americans died and 70-plus were injured, the standard getting-to-know-you war-film characterizations are downplayed. While some may regard this as a shortcoming, it is, in fact, a virtue”
Mike Clark·USA Today
“reeks of glumly staged racism”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“though it depicted a shameful defeat, the soldiers were heroes willing to die for their brothers in arms ... The Movie showed brutal scenes of killing, but also courage, stoicism and honor ... The overall effect was stirring, if slightly pornographic, and it seemed to enhance the desire of Americans for a thumping war to avenge 9/11”
Evan Thomas·Newsweek
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirectorJosh HartnettEversmannEwan McGregorGrimesTom SizemoreMcKnightEric BanaHootWilliam FichtnerSandersonEwen BremnerNelsonSam ShepardGarrisonGabriel CasseusKurthKim CoatesWexHugh DancySchmidRon EldardDurantIoan GruffuddBealesHans ZimmerComposerKen NolanWriterSławomir IdziakCinematographyStream
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