American Military Propaganda

Rating: 1/10 (27 January 2002)

Another movie about another "Vietnam" type of war. This time it is in Somalia and US GIs are getting wiped off by civilian soldiers from Africa.
Lots of shooting. As usual US soldiers are depicted as the nice guys while Somalia people are the badies. But the scenario doesn't go very far and one has no idea why this war (genocide ?) is being fought. What are the political reasons behind that ? What is the real reason of the presence of the US in Somalia ? The only conclusion that can be made is that they leave very soon after this 'battle' (probably because there was no oil to exploit).
The movie is well filmed and actors are doing a good job, there is no denying that, but this is not sufficient to make a good movie. Indeed, the story is too superficial with more shooting than anything else. So much shooting that one is looking forward to the end ASAP.
As such and in the current context of the Afghanistan bombing this movie looks more like a propaganda movie to rally American public opinion and shows that if the US weren't there the world will be out of control. It also shows the stupidity of war and how expandable human lives are.