A piece of art

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2009)

I've seen this movie for the first time when I was 13. As a little boy I was a fan of the action scenes, however I didn't follow the story. Now 4 years later I have the movie on DVD and gave it a second look.
Now I recognized a whole lot of movie stars like: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel Casseus, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy, Orlando Bloom This war movie directed by Ridley Scott won 4 awards in 2002, of which 2 for the sound in the movie. Something I didn't even noticed 4 years ago. This time I listened very carefully, and I understood why this movie received these awards Off course gunshots, rocket impacts, helicopters sounded like the real deal. But the true beauty lies in the music, which goes perfectly along with the actions of the characters.
This movie is great because of different reasons. I already explained one, the music, however there're more. First of all, the actors play there role great. You see the fear in there eyes. Delta force actors are clearly different from the Rangers. And because of the fact that the movie follows both, makes it pleasant to watch. Another reason is the subject of the movie. The war in Somalia is a subject that isn't overused like World War 2 and Vietnam. It wasn't a big war like these last to, but it lasted for a few weeks. The last reason is the story line. In the movie you follow the actions of different soldiers with different tasks in this operation. This may sound that It could cause confusion when watching it. The truth is contrary, it all falls perfectly together. I had no problem at all with all the switching of characters and locations because you can recognize the soldiers, vehicles and locations.
I recommend this movie to everyone who likes a decent war movie, and is aware of the fact that war isn't like a Rambo movie. The moment that these men are in Mogadishu the story really grabs you.
This movie scores 9 out of 10 for me.