Two thumbs soaring high

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2002)

I saw Black Hawk Down on the second day it was out world wide. I think this movie is very incredible. Instead of a Hollywood story which I know a lot were somewhat expecting, it was the raw truth of what really happend in Somalia during the raid. This is the goriest war movie ever made, but it is telling the honest truth. Some say the violence was too much, but I feel that in order to make a movie like this, it would almost be disrespectful to dillute it to the soldiers who were really there, and make audiences believe that it really wasn't that bad. I give this movie an A+ for the action, the reality, and a wonderful cast of old and new comers to the screen.