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Black Hawk Down (2 Disc Set) [2002]


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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


good movie but throughly biased
Review date: 2008-08-16 Rating: 6 out of 10

black hawk down is based on actual events thus it is quite fictional in many parts. also it is throughly biased in which you are made to feel sorry for the americans who get killed(only 18) while the somalies are made to be shown as sub-human(more than 1000 somalies lose thier lives). on doing research into the conflict in somalia i learnt that it also has to do with oil just like iraq.

a 'good' war movie which pushes the american foreign policy and agenda.

i would like to see a movie of black hawk down from the somalian side if that will be possible.

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Reviews


'Nobody gets left behind'
Review date: 2008-07-23 Rating: 10 out of 10

Black Hawk down is a brilliant war movie that follows a team of American special forces & army Rangers as they fight for there lives in the city of Mogadishu for 1 day & night against pretty much the whole city. They were sent into to capture rwo lietuents of a bloodthirsty miltia leader, it was only meant to last an hour but after one of the black hawk helicopters was shot down they get pinned down in the city fighting against all odds. I've read the book by Mark Bowden (which I reccomend) and most of the battle sequences and even dialogue are just like the book.
Black Hakw Down is a gripping, moving, exciting, adrenline fueled war film that you watch over & over again, I recomend it.

Great!!
Review date: 2008-07-12 Rating: 10 out of 10

Great film, a refreshing change to this genre of film! Although this film is probably a bit far from the truth it can down as one on the best war films!

Shock and awe
Review date: 2008-07-08 Rating: 8 out of 10

The reviewer who described this film as a deafening assault on the senses was not wrong. It is a raw and bloody shock and awe version of the war for Mogadishu, employing many of the honed techniques for depicting battle scenes. Remember Saving Private Ryan's depiction of Omaha beach? That's right - the same grainy, washed-out cinematography, the flash/thud/fade sound of sniper fire, the shouted scraps of conversation, the casually gratuitous portrayal of death, injury, gore and guts, arterial sprays, the shell shock, you name it - it's all there.

Bear in mind also that this is a film told from the American standpoint. Every American life is treated as sacrosanct, every death and injury an act of unforgivable betrayal. Only at the end do you get a true sense of perspective, when the titles reveal that 19 Americans died.... and over 1,000 Somalis! African lives are evidently far cheaper. The American commander got this operation badly wrong, and many paid with their lives, on all sides.

That said, this tells the story, warts and all, and tells you in a way that you will never forget. British viewers will smile to see the partial recreation of Trainspotting (the reuniting of Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner), but don't expect too much humour - this is a harrowing slack-jawed explosion of a movie.

Gritty modern warfare
Review date: 2008-06-22 Rating: 10 out of 10

A stampede of adrenaline that could be listed amongst the top 20 great war films. As over a hundred rangers and delta ops invade a hornets nest we watch the unfolding events as the longer they're there the more the nest bites back.

There was talk of dressing up other helicopter models to look like blackhawks due to it being awkward to get the real thing but thank goodness they did it properly as the realism is what grabs you from the start with this movie. By the end of it you feel as though you need to kick off your boots, take a swig from your canteen, and get the bandaids out.

The acting is superb from everyone. If there's one gripe I've got with this movie it's that there are so many class actors with similar haircuts amongst the roller coaster action that's it's very difficult to follow who's who. But then that's where the extra viewings come in of which a couple may be required. All of them are worth it though.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Ewan McGregor
Josh Hartnett

Creators:
Josh Hartnett (Primary Contributor)
Ewan McGregor (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5050582557701
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-09-16
Number of discs: 2
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 138 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2002-01-18
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Somali (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Hindi (Subtitled)

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