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One of the greatest war films of all time! My girlfriend said it best when the credits started to roll up and she stated, "Now that's what Pearl Harbor [the movie] should have been like!" I find it ironic that one of the best war movies I've ever seen is about an event that many people don't even know ever happened. Ridley Scott directs an amazing movie in Black Hawk Down. Based on true events of the conflict in Somalia, the movie is about a group of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force personel trying to make it out of the city of Mogadishu alive after a planned militarty operation suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Many war movies mix in other plot devices in an attempt to enhance to overall theme and story. In some cases this works extremely well as in Saving Private Ryan. In other cases it ruins a potentially great movie as in Pearl Harbor. In Black Hawk Down, the story focuses on the conflict itself. In fact, the story is so focused on the conflict that there isn't really even a main character. One of the great aspects of Ridley Scott's films is his attention to trivial detail. Many film makers use studio shots and close ups to get around having to go to remote locations and building expensive sets all for the purpose of creating some background eye-candy. This causes the audience to have to stretch their imagination a bit further then they should have to. Ridley Scott however treats the screen as a canvas; not only beatiful to see but intregal to his message. His attention to detail bridges the gap between watching a movie and being immersed in it. These skills were used to great effect in his most famous works such as Alien, Bladerunner, Gladiator, and now Black Hawk Down. When you see Black Hawk Down, you will experience what a war film should be like. What's more you will experience a great film from one of the industry's best. You will witness a realistic portrayal of the savage horror that is war, and you will also see the heroic level that men are capable of rising to. When you leave the theater you will feel like you've been to Mogadishu and know something of what it was like to be with these U.S. soldiers who lived and died in the horrible conflict in Somalia. Review originally written: 1/19/02 email this review to a friend
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