A mediocre movie just looking for a plot

Rating: Null/10 (24 January 2002)

Black Hawk down is okay... that is to say, if you like war and watching 1 1/2 hours of fighting with a bit of American bravado thrown in. But if not, go watch Forrest Gump. The film has some good parts and the Black Hawk helicopters are real good, but it lacks any sustainable plot and although you get the idea at the start about the mission, it's very difficult to really care if they succeed or not. I found myself just wanting them to get out of there and go home so that the movie would end. Also, because they are in the army it was confusing who was who. I was confused near the end because the guy cause I thought that the guy who was talking then had snuffed it about 45 minutes ago...oh, must have been another guy with a skin head. Didn't care about the characters, nor the cause, nor the film. Better than the tedium of Pearl Harbour which I fell asleep in, but only slightly. Neil