Black Hawk Down (Wide Screen)

Advantages: Detailed battle scenes, plenty of action
Disadvantages: Not for the faint hearted, a lot of blood and gore

Black Hawk down is a film from the acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Hannibal) and the renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Con Air, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor). The film is based on actual events that befell a group of elite American soldiers in Somalia during the civil war that raged through the early nineties. The battle of Mogadishu was remembered as the longest single ground assault that American troops had been involved in since the ...
...the loss of two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. On the 3rd of October 1993 a group of elite American Delta Force soldiers are given orders to infiltrate a building within the Somalian capital Mogadishu and capture two top lieutenants of the infamous warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Adid the most powerful of the many warlords operating throughout Somalia rules the capital, Mogadishu. Around the building four groups of American Rangers are dropped in by ... Read review

Advantages: Atmospheric, gritty and realistic
Disadvantages: Nasty

...there, one of which is Black Hawk Down. Black Hawk Down is set during the 1993 civil uprising in Somalia. A renegade warlord has asserted dominance over the area, with world aid being systematically seized and prevented from being received by the starving Somalis who so desperately need it. A United Nations resolution is in place, but this has done little to bring peace to the region and so the US military decides that it must capture two of the ...
...and when one of the Black Hawk helicopters is shot down, things take a terrible turn for the worse. With more and more rebels pouring into the area, the troops find themselves heavily outnumbered and outgunned and as the day progresses into night, there seems to be little that can be done to prevent more and more Us casualties. Directed by Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down is an intelligent, impressive and shocking piece of cinema. Uncompromising in ... Read review

Advantages: Brainless actioner for a friday night rental
Disadvantages: Brainless actioner.

...for the lead role in Black Hawk Down, and its such a shame. But at least Josh Hartnett doesn’t get to ruin the film on his own, oh no Ridley does that very well. Remember; just because he made Blade Runner and Alien doesn’t make him a master Filmmaker, it makes him a master Sci-fi maker, and never has that been more apparent with Black Hawk Down. White Squall was dire as was G I Jane and now he can add another notch to his list of Turkeys. ...
...War, Behind Enemy Lines, and Black Hawk Down were either released or will be soon. As you would expect from a U.S war film it is suitably Patriotic, but in this case they went into overdrive post Sept 11th and turned it into a chest beating, flag waving, America is the best etc. Shot in bleak grey tones (Saving Private Ryan anybody?), it follows the ill-fated mission to extract a Somali Warlords top two lieutenants in Mogadishu. The Americans in ... Read review

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...or unlucky enough to see Black Hawk Down on DVD last week, the decision is up to you? A woman can only stand so much death and destruction and this grand epic based on a true story that happened on October 3rd 1993, a battle which took place in the war torn city of Mogadishu, whether they should have been there or not, who are we to decide. This story was based on the real life events of that day in early October, The book written by Mark Bowden ...
...lives of 18 Americans, two Black Hawk helicopters, but, also not forgetting the hundreds, if not thousands of innocent Somalian's that died over the entire period of reign of terror that is one thing that this film very easily forgets. The cast, some of which were lost amongst the plot included: Josh Hartnett – Eversmann Lets just hope that the man he played had some sort of backbone because Josh just seem to be a real wet weekend Ewan McGregor ... Read review

Advantages: savage depiction of real events, does what a war movie should
Disadvantages: a bit too chaotic at times, needs repeat viewings to understand certain sections, which may not always be pleasant

...you're depressed now, let's watch Black Hawk Down. The captain thought it was a sequel to KES and ran to the toilet to be sick. When he returned the lights were off, the curtains closed, the tv on, the surround sound on and me laid half naked on the couch watching the opening moments of BLACK HAWK DOWN!!!!!!! Were introduced to the conflict and the main characters in the films opening half hour, basically a crazy warlord is captured by the U.S and ...
...capture some other lieutenants using Black Hawk helicopters and some elite soldiers. It all goes spectacularly wrong though when one of the helicopters is shot down and to make matters worse the troops are surrounded by thousands of gun toting somalians who are totally pi**ed off. A dramatic firefight ensues with the troops being split into groups. One group is led by Lt McKnight (Tom Sizemore- Pearl Harbor, saving private ryan) who leads a convoy ... Read review

Advantages: to of the best actors bruce wills and ewan mcgregor
Disadvantages: you must love action packed movies

...n the film "Blackhawk Down", director Ridley Scott has combined with action producer Jerry Bruckheimer to bring the true story of the battle of Mogadishu that took place on October 3rd 1993. The film is based on the book by Mark Bowden and tells the story of the elite soldiers that were sent on a mission to capture top officials of Aidiad as they met for a meeting. What started as a textbook mission soon became a nightmare when two Blackhawk helicopters were shot down, and the soldiers found themselves separated and cut off as they attempted to rescue crash survivors and accomplish their mission TEARS OF THE SUN Tears Of The Sun Based On : Premise/Synopsis :search-and-rescue mission for a doctor. When they get to the village, the doctor says that she'll only leave if 70 refugees can leave too.do they do the write thing .stand... Read review

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Advantages: Two of the best current war films combined, tons of great actors.
Disadvantages: Only for war fans.

.... The film then dives into a 90 minute long action scene packed with acts of heroism and sacrifice. Simply put this film blew me away: it should not be watched on a small screen, so be sure to have at least a 28 inch with some decent speakers. Try to think of it as the D-Day scene in saving Private Ryan, but 90 minutes long and with modern weaponry. If you're not already drooling from the mouth, war films probably aren't your thing. If they're not, then I wouldn't advise the purchase of this product: they are nothing but war and action. The Box Set is rammed with features, giving the whole set hours worth of entertainment. Some of the featurettes are just as good as the actual films, and the commentary gives them more depth than i personally gave them credit for. There are actually 3 commentary tracks for Black Hawk Down... that's a lot... Read review

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