The best war film to date

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2019)

Black Hawk Down begins and ends as a high octane action film. Accompanied with a great sound track, there is rarely a break from the action. But what makes this film great is the lingering theme that runs in the dialog of "what" and "who" the American soilders are fighting for. The dialog of Mogadishu being a "civil war" is an idea the rebel forces use in defense of their killings. The American side speaks for the thousands of lives lost calling the rebel's action "genocide." The war takes place in the busy urban streets heavily populated with civilians. The American soilders are grossly outnumbered but utilizes tactical warfare governed by the "rules of engagement." By this rule, the only way to tell apart civilians and rebels is to see who's shooting at them first. There is no glorious victory for winning the war in this film. The fight is to end the rebel genocide. The heroes are the ones who will risk their own life to leave no man behind.