Well depicted Military Theme movie

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2005)

Black Hawk Down, follows the events on Octobe 2nd and 3rd, where US Special Forces units Rangers and Delta Force attempted a raid to capture two political members of a Warlord's Clan, the mission went well when one Black Hawk was downed by an RPG, moments later, a second crashed, leaving the Rangers and Delta Force members not just fighting for the downed choppers, but their lives as they fight not only a Warlord's militia, but the entire city.
The Movie depicts the events just how the whole 18 hours went-a REALLY big gun battle, this movie showed it well, it didn't show the soldiers as Rambo and mowing the half the city down, but showing them getting beaten by the City, getting backs up against the walls and basically, trying to get free, Ridley Scott does a great job in getting this depicted, the story follows seven main soldiers, Sgt. Matt Eversmann, Sgt. Jeff Sanderson, Sgt. Norm 'Hoot' Hooten, Cpt. Mike Steele, Lt. Col. Danny McKnight and Gen. William F. Garrison.
The Director do a good in making each soldier an individual, even getting the emotion right, Sgt. Eversmann, a first time Chalk leader, Lt. Col. Mcknight and his strong determination of saving his people, Cpt. Steele and his By-The-Book ways, Sgt. Sanderson, how dedicated he is in getting his people out, Hoot, his calm attitude during the height of the entire mission and Garrison, delivering a strong determination in getting everyone in the city out the acting is awesome, especially Sam Shepard in making Gen. Garrison his strong emotion, the emotion he delivers when telling Lt. Col. Mcknight No one gets left behind during the rescue towards the end.
This movie does it best in getting the depiction of the battle right and doesn't fail, some events in the movie such as the Lost Convoy, the Massive Rescue Column and Shugart and Gordon's failed attempt in saving Durant and his crew, this is also a Movie Score giant, delivering some well done music, especially when the trapped soldiers are being rescued and the closing tracks.
For people looking for a well depicted military movie, Black Hawk Down won't disappoint you and my regards to the US soldiers who fought through hell and lived to tell about it and the families to those who lost their loved ones in the Mission on October 2nd and 3rd and to the Director for doing such a great job. 9/10