Very, very impressive...

Rating: Null/10 (19 January 2002)

If you have ever seen 'Hamburger Hill' or 'Platoon' or 'Private Ryan', you have seen this. And I mean that in all the right ways. What an intense, gripping, sad, violent, realistic flic. I was very impressed, the theatre was full, hardly anyone moved at during the last 90 minutes. Some parts of this reminded me of 'Custer's Last Stand' or 'Zulu Dawn', where all the Brits get surrounded in the valley and mowed down 120 years ago-it's that kinda scenario.
I had no idea Ewan MacGregor was in it-which guy was he? Hartnett, Bana and Legolas there were fine. I think that Scott and Bruckheimer are to be congratulated for making such terrifyingly gripping pic as this; and it's right on time too-considering what has been happening in the world of late.
****, sure why not? It's as good as a war movie gets.
PS: Yeah a lotta Black Somalis are killed in the flick, and were killed in the real world battle this shows from 8 years ago. Deal with it. It's not anymore racist than your garden variety CNN coverage of us bombing the Aghanis, Iraqis or whomever, take yer pick. It's the way the world works.