They won the battle but lost the war

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2020)

This is one of the most accurate adaptations of a book to a screen I have seen. The Battle of the Black Sea was considered a failure by the men eventually in the White House but not by the men who fought there that day.
The movie shows the story of the veteran Delta team and the young, innocent, naive and idealistic Rangers and their ordeal through October 3rd 1993 in Mogdishu, Somalia. It showed the shocking, futility of war through fast paced camera work and sound work.
So many scenes in the book were brought to life in the movie. Jaime Smith's death after getting injured in the field and not having medical evacuation being approved was poignant and painful in the book and is every bit painful to watch as it was painful to read.
Another scene that translated well from the book was the absolute shocking ending where the rescue convoy comprising of 10th Mountain simply and Malay soldiers simply had no room so the soldiers who had no water, no respite for hours, fighting were their lives were made to run on foot alongside the convoy, a convoy that eventually sped up, leaving the men to make their own way to friendly grounds. The book indicates the shock and outrage of the ordeal, but the movie really delivered that scene better. I cant describe the feeling of helplessness the soldiers must have felt in this situation from their country.
Ridley Scott did an stellar job adapting Mike Bowden's book to the screen. 8/10.