Highly overrated propaganda film

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2015)

Black Hawk Down would be a good movie if it was a fiction such as Rambo. But it is based on actual event and it is highly one sided. It even neglected to portray the Pakistani and Malay allies who fought and bled for rescue operation of the US soldiers. But instead, it put a big spotlight and wasted screen time with Somali Ali Atto who had absolutely no significance to the story and did nothing. Doesn't even explain why we were there. Bad bad direction.
As for the event itself, it romanticized a failed mission with "No man left behind" catch phrase. Well, they did leave a man behind... many men behind. When they refused to send in the 3rd medevac because it would go down too, they refused to save the dying soldier at the risk of putting more soldiers at risk. Which was the right decision. But if they are going to leave a man behind eventually, they should've done it in the first place with the first chopper and save all those lives. It's about the soldiers? Really??? Eric Bana's character at the end says he's going out there again because there are still men out there. But he was the one who said "if they send another chopper, it will go down and we'll be defending it again"?? He's being realistic at one point and romantic at another? Doesn't fly.
This movie showed how stupid and naïve the chain of command was and in real life, the army did learn a lot from this incident. What NOT TO DO to be exact.