A RAW REAL TO LIFE SURVIVAL WAR STORY, EXCELLENT.

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2019)

"Black Hawk Down" was a huge hit way back in early 2000's & i loved it from the first time i rented it from Blockbuster on video!!!
I was already a Josh Hartnett fan from Halloween H20, The Faculty & Pearl Harbour & yes i like those films & think Hartnett is a very good yet way underrated actor, he's a solid intense actor who proved himself once again as a great leading man with his excellent performance in 30 Days of Night (2009) & here in Black Hawk Down he's great once again but this time he's part of a big ensemble cast.
This shockingly violent & gritty real to life true story of survival war film is set in a hot zone war torn part of Somalia, a group of US Army Rangers get caught in an extremely violent conflict of war in the most dangerous hostile part of the city & basically have to run & fight their way out to safety, it's an intense & scary situation with bullets wizzing by not stop & angry violent Somalia warriors everywhere hunting down our soldiers.
The huge excellent ensemble cast has lots of good actors & know the face types, we have of course Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy,
Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Kim Coates & more!!!
This is also excellently directed by legendary Ridley Scott & boasts fast paced intense action & exciting edge of the seat moments, the cinematography is sharp & raw that shows the grittiness of the broken war torn city, this is one of the greatest war films ever made in my opinion.
The fact this actually happened is very scary & makes everything even more intense & emotional.
Just a fantastic survival tale in a deadly savage place where killing is common everyday acts.