lacking one vital element

Rating: 5/10 (28 January 2002)

Black Hawk Dawn is technically a brilliant film. The acting was superb throughout, and the cinematography and music put you right in the middle of the conflict.
Unfortunately it failed on the most fundamental aspect of film making. It was not enjoyable to watch. This is not just the sometimes disturbing nature of the subject matter but at the end of the movie I found it difficult to care about the fate of any of the characters and without a let up in nearly two hours was exhausted from the effort of watching it.
It ran much more like a semi-factual documentary than a film where the action and events took a much greater role than the characters who's eyes we see it through.
I am not a war movie fan but despite this was disappointed by the way the film detached itself from its audience. 5/10.