Shooting, not much else

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2002)

I knew Black Hawk Down would be a visual masterpiece because of Ridley Scott, whose previous movies I've liked a lot. I expected some annoying over-patriotism from Jerry Bruckheimer, but fortunately there wasn't too much of that. BHD was a realistic depiction of the events - that's pretty much all it was. I'm glad there wasn't any foolish love story, but the movie felt like a documentary. Saving Private Ryan was way better.