Action: Check Gore: Check Realism: Missing Ending: Missing

Rating: 6/10 (9 March 2010)

I'll start off saying the first 40 minutes of the movie is a waste of time. I get no attachment to any character and the only thing I get out of it is the mission plan to go inside the city and get the warlords.
After that, the rest of the movie is filled with lots of action and gunfights. However after 30 minutes of watching the action, you get annoyed and frustrated at people missing shots constantly at 20 yard range.
You can't place a machine gun with a 100% clear view 20 yards from 10 guys and have him miss every shot. To go on and then claim this is one of the greatest war movies is even more of a shame.
Another huge issue I have in the story is Mike Durant, the pilot of the second chopper that goes down, is taken hostage after exhausting all his ammo and the two snipers who go to save him die. This is historically accurate, however after being taken hostage they show him being talked to by one of the Somalian soldiers, and then you never hear of his story again. What happened is he was taken hostage for 11 days and then let free. They could have at least put it inside the ending credits next to the 19 Americans dead and 1000 Somalians dead. Seriously, how R. Scott was nominated for Best Director is mind blowing.
However, giving credit where it's due, the sound in the movie was excellent and so were the visuals.
Definitely wouldn't even put it near the same level as Saving Private Ryan, FMJ, and other great movies.