Read the book, too.

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2002)

Black Hawk Down represents the rare instance in which the film and the book complement each other. All the political, thematic, and character omissions of which the film is indeed guilty were present in Mark Bowden's book. All the grit and misery that his words cannot quite convey are convincingly depicted in the movie. Do both. Read the book, then see the film.