What a masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (5 September 2005)

This flick are a straight-to-the-bone WAR movie! After 35 minutes with "preparing" for battle, the CODE NAME: Irene sounds all over the Speakers, and the Black Hawk/Humwees/Small birds are loaded with US Spec. Forces AKA. US rangers and Delta Force.
The film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare
After the "35 minutes" pre-mission preparing for battle sequence, ( establishing us with the different characters in the movie) it turns into a 1hour 35 minutes long, epic action sequence, where bullets, RPG's and hand grenades are all flowing thru the air, penetraiting hummers, soldiers, humwees and the rest of the environment, making the sand wirvle in front of the cam at all time. All masterly well done by (one of my favourite) directors all time: Ridley Scott. The camera movement, music (Composed by my NUMBER One favourite composer : Hans Zimmer), acting are all pretty good expressed in the film.
War is HELL.. And Ridley Scott proves it. There's no romantic. No "Dear mommy". No " I am glad I could die for my country".. Just simple, realistic portrayed WAR sequences,all showing the courage these young Rangers are experiencing.
In the actors list, we are meeting a lot of YOUNG/Veterans of Hollywood's superstar team.. All from Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana and Sam Shepard.
The movie is violent.. It contains dozens of blood, gore and death. (Though, it ain't close to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in brutality )But it reflects it in a SERIOUS anti war perspective. No glorification.
It's a well done WAR movies, which draws the audience into the events of Moghadishu, Somalia in 1993 October.
This film turns into one of my favorite films, and my TOP WAR movie (Besides Saving Private Ryan and Band of brothers)