Somalia civilians and militia dead 1000+, US lost 19 men

Rating: 3/10 (18 September 2002)

123 well equipped and elite US forces plan to capture a senior enemy aide, but fail, and slaughter local Somalia civilians and militia in order to escape. The cost = Somalia dead 1000 plus, US forces lost 19 men. Local based UN troops finally rescued them.
The US force plan an attack based on not so good intelligence, which ultimately fails in that they do not capture their intended target.
Though there was a local UN force, the US commanders didn't inform them of their attack. In the end, these UN forces were called in to rescue the wounded US forces and remaining trapped men.
Reminds me of other epic Hollywood films, which show US forces as heroes eliminating the opposite regardless of loses.
The last 30 minutes or so of this film is however exciting and full of wonderful effects. The first part of the film wasn't quite so effective though.