Shallow nonsense

Rating: 1/10 (13 March 2004)

This film is notable for its simplistic one dimensional, one sided treatment of complex issues surrounding Somalia, the raid itself and of war. There is no difference to this and John Wayne's 'Green Berets', and like the 'Green Berets' will be branded by history as shallow, offensive and misleading. Scant regard is given to the 1000 Somalis who died ( goodness knows how many were injured), or to the extraordinary incompetence which resulted in so many dead and to the failure of the operation. And did I imagine this? Was there really only one black Ranger/Delta force soldier? The film turned into a black v white blood fest.
Excrutiating.