Gripping, brutal, unyielding reality.

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2002)

Ridley Scott, by far one of the most ill-appreciated directors out there, delivers an amazing film of modern war with Black Hawk Down. He casts aside the morality, the politics and the sentimentality that so typify war films and goes for the kill with this relentlessly, often times upsettingly realistic telling of the events of the Battle of Mogadishu. The acting is all excellent, the dialogue is believable enough, but that doesn't matter. The telling of the story is all that matters here, and Scott pulls no punches in the process. An excellent film, Black Hawk Down is an amazing experience, one which no one should miss out on.