Good film, Top 10 war movies of all time.

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2002)

This was excellently directed. I must say that Ridley Scott gets my nod for best Director. However, I don't think it's the best movie of the year. The Acting wasn't legendary, but definitely good enough for the action packed movie. The only problem I had with the story line is that I thought it was somewhat over-dramatized. It was in places overly patriotic. I'll use a comparison to Saving Private Ryan. SPR was a patriotic movie, but Spielberg did not concentrate on patriotism as his main motif. He also displayed cowardice in SPR which is a common element in war. In Black Hawk Down, there was no element of cowardice which I think provides a slightly unrealistic view of the event. I was very surprised by the level of acting by Josh Hartnett. I haven't been a fan of his previous work, but he actually did rather well in Black Hawk Down. I'd give the movie an 8/10 - not Saving Private Ryan quality, but better than Apocalypse Now.