Good Film For A Horrible Event

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2002)

Black Hawk Down was one of the first to jump back into the know worn-out War Genre. Over the past year their has been a flurry of war movies and more to come. It's like John Wayne is back! Black Hawk Down did a good job conveying the sense of urgency and sadness of war, but what it did not do was tell us much about the enemy. All the watcher gets is that the Somalian's are evil and that they want to kill the good old G.I's. However, Black Hawk Down did a tremendous job putting that real-time crisis onto the silver screen. They filmed it as war is seen and got across the honor of war, not just the horror's. Overall this film was a nice break from the trend and a good patriotic boost after September 11th.