Black Hawk Down
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
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| title: |
Black Hawk Down |
| theatricalDate: |
18-01-2002 |
| stars: |
Josh Hartnett |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Columbia Tristar Hom |
| published: |
11-06-2002 |
| price: |
$14.94 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
144 |
| last lookup time: |
152890064 |
| genre: |
Drama
Ridley Scott |
| fullTitle: |
Black Hawk Down |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen
Dolby
2.35:1 |
| director: |
Ridley Scott |
| currentValue: |
$3.50 |
| created: |
152890048 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B000065U1N
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