Bad Movie, Worse

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2002)

It wasn't until the end of the film when the credits rolled by that I realized Jerry Bruckheimer had produced this film. I still had the bad taste in my mouth from "Pearl Harbor". So imagine to my dismay when that bad taste came back to haunt me when watching "Black Hawk Down". I found this movie boring. There wasn't much character development and the plot was razor thin. I had heard so much about this film being "great", "best movie ever" and like statements--I just didn't find that being the case at all. It was boring and found the portrayal of the U.S. Troops comical at best. Has anyone counted how many times the soldiers tripped all over themselves? I have--they fell out of helicopters, they tripped while exiting a doorway, they tripped while running--if the Somalians didn't kill them they probably would have shot themselves anyway. The movie also lacked credibility which was much needed in this movie given the lack of storyline. Com'mon, 1000 Somalis dead and only 19 Americans lost in battle? Yeah, right--I too have a bridge to sell you! I don't think I ever routed for the bad guy in a movie, but in this movie I made an exception. I was hoping that all those actors would be put out of their misery! Whatever the movie was about it was lost in a muddle of disjointed action sequences that didn't leave much to think about when it was all over. 2/10