The greatest battle scenes ever

Rating: 8/10 (25 August 2003)

This is not the greatest war movie. A great war movie has more than action. A great war movie has reflections about what it all means and war is hell blah blah blah. Now skip all that and let's get down to the most straight to the point war movie ever made. Black Hawk Down takes about 30 minutes to set the story and then it's just about solid action from that point on. Gun battle after gun battle, it's Rangers vs. Somalians in the best war action ever caught on tape. There isn't much in the way of character development or soundtrack or acting or anything, but we don't really want to know a whole lot about these bullet catchers. Just watching them fight for their lives is enough. Ridley Scott is one talented director. He hasn't done this good since Blade Runner. Bottom Line: If you like war movies, guns, action, the military, or American history, this deserves a place on your shelf.