"It's the men next to you and that's it."

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2014)

Black Hawk Down is a film that shows a true story of a group of soldiers caught up in a fight with Somali soldiers and citizens who attack a US aircraft. This is not an anti-Somalia story as one very specific scene will help to present. This story is one that shows how a group of people can turn on a country they consider to be the enemy and how that perception of the enemy country can be perpetuated. It also shows how one small mistake in a hostile environment such as the one shown can lead to disastrous consequences.
Ridley Scott is great at action. That is no secret. He has made several great movies with some excellent action sequences. This one is one of the most tragic tales he has put on screen. There are many scenes that are hard to watch. The shots he gets on screen are incredible. Scott does a great job to direct these fine actors and puts together a gritty film that puts you in Somalia during this battle.
The actors were great but I thought Tom Sizemore was excellent. He built on his role in Saving Private Ryan to become that leader who will never stop until every last man is out of the line of fire. He put on one heck of a show. Josh Hartnett was good but he sometimes tends to lose me in the many blank faces he makes in just about every role I have ever seen him play. It does work very well in this film however.
I would recommend this film to just about anyone that likes a good action movie. I could see some people having a hard time with some of the scenes as they are hard to watch and even heartbreaking at times. This is a fitting tribute to those soldiers involved in this incident but nothing will ever be enough to make up for the lives lost.