Intense, brutal... "war is hell"... lower the dosage please!

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2003)

I can take intense films, but after about 2/3rds this one I was at great unease. The action was filmed good, as would be expected from Ridley Scott. At times though, it did feel a little silly how all those rebels and militias dying by dozens cant hit an american soldier. Ok, so some may say its how it happened but I wont get into that debate nor the politics involved...
The real problem for me is the intensity of fighting, non stop for about a full hour, with extreme gore for every 3rd or 4th american death. I dont remember a single Somali rebel/militia death filmed with gore...

Overall, I didnt need to be told again how "war is hell", and filmed so intensly it didnt entertain me either. Then again, its just me.