Superb...!

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2018)

I'm not a fan of US movies post-2000. I'm a 20C person (60+). There are 2 movies that stick in my mind as every bit as great as any war movie I've ever seen from the 20C. One is Blackhawk Down. This is the other.
The first thing that strikes me is the ordinariness of the characters portrayed. Interesting ordinary, not dull as ditch-water. Colourful personalities, but not your shouting, yelling, whooppee, hurrah, US Marine yelping, swearing and 'shouting for America' types. Their like normal guys trained to fight. I'd feel comfortable having a drink with them. They're respectful, but also highly trained, experienced, not a little world weary and cynical, and looking forward to get back to Home and Family, and staying there. But they have a job to do. A thankless, unappreciated job.
The director IMHO, didn't make a single wrong move here. Undoubtedly there will be those who spend the entire movie 'looking for gaffs'. I feel sorry for them... For me it was as realistic a depiction of an intense and intensely confusing battle ground as I've ever seen on screen. The fog of war is right here on camera. It is very well done.
The most frightening aspect is the 'who are the good guys and who the bad' that can never be answered from moment to moment... That is terrifying, even on screen. Can't imagine it on scene, in reality. That those guys came through all that alive, if bloodied, is a tribute not just to their training but to their strength of character. I'm not a fan of the US, but these guys would be heroes anywhere...
its a fitting tribute to the real soldiers who fought that battle for 13 hours.