A film everybody should see - Especially now

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2002)

BLACK HAWK DOWN is both an impressive technical achievement and a relevant film on the current state of war. Everybody who thinks walking thru Afghanistan, Iraq and the other "Axis Of Evil" countries will be a cakewalk would be well advised to see BLACK HAWK DOWN, for it shows the folly of overconfidence. Ridley Scott has always be a proficient director, but here he may have topped himself with technical bravura rarely seen before. And to those who say the film lacks "plot" or "character development", I would simply argue that those viewers were not paying close enough attention to the details of the film. It's all there. It may not plunk you over the head with "Hey, look I'm a loner looking for excitement"-type of dialogue or overemphasizing every plot detail, but it's simply not that kind of film.