Not Quite Right

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2002)

i am appalled at the fact that this movie has made it into IMDB the top 250 films list. From Pilger, In 1993, in the last days of George Bush Senior's presidency, 18 American soldiers were killed in Somalia after the US Marines had invaded to "restore hope", as they put it. Black Hawk Down, glamorises and lies about this episode. It leaves out the fact that the invading Americans left behind between 7,000 and 10,000 Somalis killed. Many of them innocent civilians. I dont think its the right time for Hollywood to glorify the violence of the Marine Invasion of Somalia. I read alot of negative comments on the inaccuracy of Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, both based on WW2, which is the last TRUE "good vs. bad" war to be faught. Yes, there are some inaccuracies, but nothing like Black Hawk Down, which is practically wartime propaganda.