A Much Overrated Average War Film

Rating: 5/10 (21 June 2002)

Black Hawk Down is well made, but in the end it's just another war film. There is nothing new here. It is the same story, characters, and action that you find in almost all Hollywood war films. Frankly, I found it a little bit boring. In comparison, there is a documentary film about the Black Hawk story (USA PBS TV I believe) which was much more interesting and intense than this film. I also don't feel that "Black Hawk Down" is in the same class as "Saving Private Ryan" as some have said. I can only give it an average rating.