one side of the story.....

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2002)

Technically speaking this is a great movie, visually fantastically realistic, and Ridley Scott once again proved to be the master for creating claustrophobical and adrenalin rising atmosphere in his movies. I must admit movie managed to make me hold my breath and jump in my sit every time Mr. Scott planned so.
But after I got out of the cinema, thinking of the impression the movie made on me, I couldn't escape the feeling that story was over simplified. American soldiers have been shown in details, filled with emotions and heroism, we have seen their families at home, and learned all about their friendship and relations.And in same time, other side, the Somalians, were left out totally. They're just crazy, blood thirsty mob, trying to kill the US soldiers. Why? What for? How come that so many (ordinary) people was so keen to risk their heads in fire exchange with heavily armed US elite troops? As it is said in the movie in that event died 19 US soldiers, and over ONE THOUSAND (???) Somalians. Isn't that strange, doesn't it make you wonder what were those people thinking of, what made 1000 of them to go to death that day??? Well it did me, and Ridley Scott disappointed me with not even trying to explain it a bit more, and that's why this movie has left a bit of bad taste in my mouth. It reminded me a bit of old school western movies, where all men were brave, all women beautiful, and all natives evil savages. If this movie was a fiction, then it would be more or less normal, it would be just another interesting action movie about Americans made by Americans for Americans. But this movie talks about things that really have happened, and that for it is expected (at least by me) to give certain documentary perspective on story and facts behind it. And it failed to do so.
I honestly expected less propaganda kind of movie from author of the movies such as Bladerunner and Thelma&Luis.....