Gripping

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2002)

Black Hawk Down is simply the best depiction of war I've ever seen (and I've seen lots!). It's so realistic, it's like you're there in the battle field with the soldiers fighting for your life and your buddies. Obvious comparison is Saving Private Ryan, but BHD is even better because it remains focused on the action the whole time and never stops to develop cardboard characters like the former. Ridley Scott clearly knew what he was doing and knew his movie didn't need anything other than intense action and coherence to be a truly great, classic war movie. Not for the weak at heart, though.