Black Hawk Down
Directed by Ridley ScottThe story of one hundred and sixty elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
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- BillDecember 21, 2025Classic war film. Great cast and screenplay.
- flavo43November 30, 2025Black Hawk Down is one of the most intense and unflinching modern war films ever made, a docudrama that plunges the viewer straight into the chaos of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. Ridley Scott’s direction is masterful, capturing the deafening noise, disorienting confusion, and raw brutality of urban combat with relentless realism. The film doesn’t shy away from the blood, fear, or desperation that defined those harrowing hours, immersing you in the narrow streets and hostile rooftops alongside the soldiers fighting to survive. Its ensemble cast delivers grounded, human performances that highlight the brotherhood, courage, and vulnerability of the men involved. There’s no glamorization here—just the stark portrayal of a mission gone wrong and the extraordinary efforts to rescue those trapped. By the end, you’re left reflecting on the cost of war and the meaning of sacrifice. Whether the mission was worth it becomes secondary; to each soldier, the worth lies in protecting the comrade beside him.
- ርልዪረFebruary 3, 2025Some films are to Hollywood what a good tip is to the dealer in a card game. Known as the ‘Croupier’s Chip’ - it is traditionally given by the winner to the dealer at the end of the game... In terms of Dramatic Films in the past three decades ‘Black Hawk Down’ is to the Action Drama what ‘As Good As It Gets’ is to comedy. It’s going to take a long time to better it. The success behind it is the judgment of Ridley Scott. And his timing in making the film. Made in the same year as 9/11; it didn’t hit the cinemas worldwide en masse until a few months after. It was also made a full two years before Saddam Hussein was removed from power in Iraq. It is a testamental warning to strategists on intervention. When to intervene and whether you have the judgement at all to do so. Nobody would disagree that Bill Clinton did absolutely the right thing. And nobody will doubt it is the last time international powers will ever care to intervene within an African Union state ever again (militarily speaking). The cast Ridley Scott put together as an ensemble is incredibly well judged. So well judged that sadly; no one actor was singled out for any major awards. And as of 2021 Ridley Scott has almost equalled Martin Scorsese’s regard for most Academy Award Nominations for Best Director, without a win. Scorsese had been nominated five times before picking up the award. Ridley Scott is now up to four nominations without a nod. And we are up to sadly what he should have won for... this film. So he’s left open to the same comments as Scorsese; that any win achieved is as a result of the guilt of neglect of recognition by the Academy. Then there are the vested interests of politicians such as Barack Obama in East Africa and Iraq. When you compare his record on pure humanitarian grounds; there is no comparison to Bill Clinton whose judgement was sharp and clear and often embarrassed the UN with his sense of decency. This film reflects a noble but failed attempt. And it pulls no punches but has no bias whatever. And it keeps you watching for full information. The world was after all left with the bombing of the WTC building in Kenya in 1994. And Clinton was not going to keep ignoring the warning signals no matter how he was blackmailed over his personal life and Flowers and Lewinsky’s public testimony. He certainly did not pursue the Obama track on foreign policy in Africa and the Middle East which appeared to be a campaign of cringeworthy squirming on whether people will associate foreign policy with sexuality globally. The ‘Not in our name’ complex which seemed more about humouring warlords on the defence of marriage than saving lives. Clinton had to face Obama from the mid-90s as an enemy within. And the subtle themes which you find in ‘Black Hawk Down’ show it for all its worth. The ensemble is the ensemble and I pick no actor out. Because they almost bring the dead back alive to tell their own story. The G7 of countries will now never come to the aid of any society which shows its intervening humanitarian forces being dismembered with rocks, stones and clubs inside a downed helicopter. Ridley’s audience is still waiting for him to pick up the award. But regardless; he is one of Tyneside’s finest. And he has with Hollywood whilst maintaining the best of classicism effortlessly.
- StairwaytothestarsAugust 4, 2025It is gritty, realistic, and so intense that it made me sweat as if I were there. Ridley Scott has done it again!
- Coco Louise Sassafras BojanglesApril 16, 2025This is a must watch!
- Pepe CheeriosNovember 21, 2025Remember watching this as kid and playing the black hawk down video game too. I rewatch it here and there. Classic.
- plexideanOctober 31, 2025It's a classic.
- PatrikStarOctober 2, 2025War fcking sucks
- Vincent ReggianniniJuly 11, 2025A Ridley Scott visual masterpiece that will get your patriotic blood pumping, only to feel pity and remorse over the useless waste of human lives, both innocent and maligned. As loosely based on reality as this movie is it pays a stunning and emotional tribute to the two Delta Force snipers, Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon who volunteered to hold off waves and waves angry local civilians - all of whom are hopped up on drugs, patriotic fever and driven into a rage by the local guerrilla militia. There is desperation and confusion on both sides. In the end you feel for the men and women involved. With no definitive “good guys” and “bad guys” you see the human meat grinder these people have been thrust into - each side thoroughly convinced they are doing what they do for the right reasons.
- NumiSeptember 11, 2025Watching Black Hawk Down felt like being dropped into the chaos of Mogadishu with no warning and no way out. It’s not a movie that holds your hand—it throws you into the firefight and dares you to keep up. Ridley Scott’s direction is relentless, gritty, and visually stunning, and while the film doesn’t spend much time developing individual characters, that almost feels intentional. It’s not about one hero—it’s about the collective experience of soldiers caught in a mission gone sideways. The sound design alone had my heart racing, and the cinematography made the dust and desperation feel suffocating. It’s brutal, it’s exhausting, and it’s unforgettable. Based on my own reaction and the general consensus from critics and fans alike, I’d give it a 4.7 out of 5—not because it’s flawless, but because it captures the raw intensity of combat like few films ever have
- doron hasanMay 14, 2025one of the movies that you must see
- kaiserjtFebruary 16, 2025Almost certainly the best war movie of this century.
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Black Hawk Down Trivia
Black Hawk Down was released on December 28, 2001.
Black Hawk Down was directed by Ridley Scott.
Black Hawk Down has a runtime of 2 hr 25 min.
Black Hawk Down was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott.
The key characters in Black Hawk Down are SSG Matthew Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson (Eric Bana), SPC John Grimes (Ewan McGregor).
Black Hawk Down is rated R.
Black Hawk Down is an Action, History, War film.
Black Hawk Down has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.