Great Movie

Rating: 9/10 (14 September 2017)

"Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way" In the movie Black Hawk Down directed by Ridley Scott depicts the day that the US military fought in the battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. The Somali warlord Mohamed Aidid had control over the city of Mogadishu. He had his power by taking the food that was given to the people of Mogadishu. Essentially he controlled the people by starving them. It was either starve and die, or join forces with Aidid and fight for him. The US military planned to step in and stop this from happening by taking out Aidid . When going in to execute this plan the worst happens and two of their black hawk helicopters get shot down. The movie then goes through the heroic acts that the military went through to save the survivors of the crash and get them out of there.
This movie was made very well. The director Ridley Scott had already made plenty of action movies before this and this fit right in his genre. Some of the acting by the characters could have been a little better but the special effects and action scenes were amazing. The movie budget was $92 million which isn't too cheap or too expensive, it's just about average for the making of a major studio movie. Obviously they couldn't film the movie in Somalia because it's way too dangerous, so they decided to film it in Rabat, Morocco which has similar scenery and geography. This film was made 16 years go, released on December 28, 2001, and was very good quality. During the movie making there was no delays so the movie came out on the date they were shooting for.
During this movie it was clear to see that the director was showing that the US military was very brave during this battle and fought through it. The director made this movie not only to show how brave and strong the US military is but also to show how good of a producer he is and prove himself to the Hollywood community. To figure out why the film was made you have to dig a little deeper to find out why and really pay attention during the film. It seemed pretty clear, if you payed close attention, that the film was trying to inform the audience that the US military is the best in world. The film was clearly made for the people of the United States to show that we are being protected by the greatest military in the world.
The film was good for history and facts but they did manage to mess up in a few ways. The helmets the US soldiers were wearing in the movie were not issued when the actual events happened in real life but this is only a minor issue. Besides this very minor issue the actual battle scene is very factual and true. In the beginning and ending scenes the director did omit some important facts to bias the film in the US military's favor. Some facts they left out were that it might have actually been as much as 2000 Somalis killed and 4000 wounded. Also, this battle was seen as a huge victory for the warlord Mohammed Aidid because he managed to hold off a military superpower and keep his regime intact. They left these facts out to make the US military look great and not insane murderers. Although the director was very bias it did not really get in the way of telling the story.
The characters were very believable in this film but the acting could have been a little better in their dialogue. For the most part though the dialogue in this war movie was appropriate for it and fit right in. The only thing that i would criticize about this film is that they should have put the Somalis point of view in way more. This would make the film seem way less bias and more factual to the true events that happened. Overall I thought this film was great and i would recommend it to everyone to watch.