One of the best war movies ever

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2002)

This movie is another work by Ridley Scott, the director of Gladiator. Black Hawk Down is a war movie, but it's not just blood and gore. Its most essential element is not action, it is the heart and thoughts of the soldiers. I was moved to tears in one scene with a helicopter. The action sequences are a marvel and really take you through what happened in Somalia. Ewan McGregor especially shines, as Grimes, the underdog that just found out about the Somalia raid an hour or so before it actually happened. McGregor especially brings life to most of the scenes and a lot of humor to show what the soldiers were really like and what they thought of the war.