STOP READING BETWEEN THE LINES!

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2002)

To those of you who gave a bad review to the Film. I have one question to you. DID YOU READ THE BOOK?!(Especially "HEADLANDS") Because apparently you did not. This is strictly a story. I don't know if you remember or ever saw the dead bodies of 4 U.S. servicemen being dragged around the streets of Mogadishu, nude, being spit on, being knifed and beaten. This was shown on all TV news stations around the world at that time in October of 1993. All the Somalies rejoicing and "praising Allah". If you don't remember this then you need to get out from under the rock you live under and watch the news more often. As a member of the military myself I was outraged and angered of what they (the Somalies) were doing to the bodies of these fallen soldiers. Then I began to ask "what happened?".
When The book came out It answered alot of questions and the movie depicts that. It shows how a simple mission got totally screwed up and cost the lives of 19 American soldiers.
The U.S. Government in a rare form of cooperation with the film makers agreed to work with them. Especially in a movie where a debacle and US defeat is shown. Past requests for Govenment cooperation was rejected due to any negative depiction of the military. In an unusual move the government did participate and placed all the actors through actual intense RANGER and DELTA training at Fort Benning, Georga. The thought being, if you're going to do it then do it RIGHT.
Don't look for a message. Stop reading between the lines. This is a movie,a story of the events of what happened on October 3rd & 4th and how they died and survived. This is thier story. Period. If your looking for a movie with a meaning behind it I suggest that you watch "Monsters Inc."