A dedication of Honor and Loyality

Rating: Null/10 (30 November 2003)

Black Hawk Down (2001) A tale about Honor and Dedication to your fellow Man
Ridley Scott portrays the events with realism and pays attention to detail of the honor involved in the military. He displays this in numerous scenes of not leaving any soldiers behind, even disregarding anyone's personal safety. This film reminds me of several scenes from `We are Soldiers' when our troops are completely outnumbered by the enemy.
Ridley Scott uses his abilities to keep you glued to the screen to see how they are going to get out of the mess they are in. Ridley portrays the lonely aspect of the soldiers very well with his over head shots from a helicopter showing how vulnerable they soldiers are.
Upon completion of the movie you begin to realize, just how insignificant we are all when it comes to the bigger picture. An example in `We are Soldiers' when the war is over and they pull out of the area to return home. The enemy commander comes out, surveys the situation, and declares that the Americans will call this our war. When in reality it was their war not just this skirmish. Ridley gives us the same impression for Black Hawk Down when they retrieve all of the soldiers from the town. That skirmish was only a small part of a much larger war for power and control.