Don't look for a history lesson, that's not what movies are for.

Rating: Null/10 (3 February 2002)

People complain that Black Hawk Down skips over the history and fails to explain why U.S. troop were in Somalia at all. It's a movie folks, it explains there factors as well as it needs to. Watch the documentary for the rest. B.H.D. is a beautifully made story of soldiers that stands up by itself. It places all importance on the ground troops, the heroes who fought bravely and gave their lives for each other. It didn't show pawns in the generals game, but human beings, doing their jobs, and looking after their brothers in arms. It's an action movie at the end of the day, but with so much heart and soul. I'm glad they skipped on the politics, it renders the film is all the more timeles