An accurate presentation of real life warfare, showing that war is hell.

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2002)

Saving Private Ryan told us "is it really worth it to save one man?" Thin Red Line told us "every man fights his own war". Black Hawk Down told us that "everybody comes home". There have been many war movies on the dreaded World War II, but never any on real-life war. Black Hawk Down presents a great presentation of the war in Somalia not a decade ago. There seems to be a lack of drama in this movie, but it still shows how war is HELL. People in America take great pride in the countless big and small wars the United States have won, but most do not understand the detail of it. They don't understand the chaos of war. Saving Private Ryan had some great drama, but they didn't express enough on the death of soldiers, and the movie presents thousands of soldiers dieing in the beath scene as almost nothing. Black Hawk Down expressed most (if not all) drama on the death of each and every soldier, that every single man is important to war. Some people believe that there was too much action in this movie. I feel it is ok. In World War II, they had times where they can just enjoy the fields because they have a whole continent to go around. In Black Hawk Down, they have a small city of 5000 armed Somalians, which means there has to be action in it throughout the movie, because in such a small area, there is not a single point in the day where you can relax. Black Hawk Down only is about the #150 of the top 250 films. I believe it should be higher. Saving Private Ryan changed the views of people of how a war film should be, so they feel this wasn't such a good film. However, Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan were in 2 long different time periods, and for the time period Black Hawk Down takes place in, this was truly a great presentation of real-life war, and it should be #50 and higher.
10/10 Best war movie replacing Saving Private Ryan. 3rd is The Thin Red Line. You must see all 3 of these movies.