WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2003)

This film of October 3 1993 is excellent, with plenty of gore (Galentine's thumb,) but also very moving (Smith dying.) The film has been played by excellent actors (Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana etc,)which really brings the film to life.
They also bring in very nice weapons that are very accurate to the real-life story, such as M16A2 assault rifles with M203 grenade launchers fixed underneath the barrel.
However, some things are not accurate like Mike Durant's MP5 being set on burst in the film and single shot in real-life, like Master Sergeant Gary Gordon's CAR-15 vice-versa. Another drawback is most of the gore is only in the DVD or the video.
Besides some of the drawbacks, Black Hawk Down is a film with very nice effects, like in one part an M60's bolt went back and forth in slo-mo, or when Othic bangs the sand out of a magazine - time pause.
Overall, Black Hawk Down is a brilliant film of the war genre, with lots of gore. However, this is not a film for you if you are squeamish or about to have lunch.