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Black Hawk Down (2001) 7.7
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7.7/10 from 192,655 users
Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 1,066 user | 193 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Director:Ridley Scott |
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Cast
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| Ewan McGregor | ... | ||
| Tom Sizemore | ... | ||
| Eric Bana | ... | ||
| William Fichtner | ... | ||
| Ewen Bremner | ... | ||
| Sam Shepard | ... | ||
| Gabriel Casseus | ... | ||
| Kim Coates | ... | ||
| Hugh Dancy | ... | ||
| Ron Eldard | ... | ||
| Ioan Gruffudd | ... | ||
| Tom Guiry | ... |
Yurek
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| Charlie Hofheimer | ... | ||
| Danny Hoch | ... | ||
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Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen, leading to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved. Written by Matthew Patay: revised by Brady Schloz
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Leave No Man Behind. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense, realistic, graphic war violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
18 January 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La caída del halcón negro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$92,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$976,530 (Germany) (11 October 2002)Gross:
$976,530 (Germany) (11 October 2002)Company Credits
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Written by Francis Zambon (as Mark James)
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a Unit of BMG Entertainment
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Trivia
40 of the actors who were portraying Rangers were sent to Fort Benning to attend a two week crash course in becoming Rangers, 15 of the actors portraying Delta Operators were sent to Ft. Bragg and were given a two week Commando Course by members of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group. Ron Eldard went to Fort Campbell and was given a lecture by several Little Bird and Black Hawk pilots, including Mike Durant, about flying and the battle. See more »Goofs
When Yurek gets separated from chalk 4 and runs into a school for cover a father and a son are seen firing into the door he just went through, which Yurek subsequently locks, then he walks across the room to the opposite side, opens the door and slips, the same son and father are there and the son unintentionally shoots the father. However the father and son would have had to go all the way around the building in the time Yurek crosses the room to be there. See more »Crazy Credits
There are no studio logos at the beginning and the only opening credit is the title. See more »Soundtracks
"Suspicious Minds"Written by Francis Zambon (as Mark James)
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a Unit of BMG Entertainment
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Unlike most of the war movies of our time, Black Hawk Down sticks to the facts about what happened in Mogadishu and doesn't romanticize the story. To support this observation, the viewer will notice that there is not really one main character. This shows that the film focuses more on what happened in Somalia instead of on the characters personality and/or struggles. Another important aspect of the film that makes it so great is the cinematography. Not only was the setting of the film accurate to the real thing, but the way that the movie was filmed is great because it seems like someone is running along the battle scene getting everything on tape. In addition, the film contains small aspects that one may not notice that are important to the situation in Mogadishu. For instance, the bullet shells that fell from the firing helicopter fell into one of the soldiers' vests, and he scrambled to get it out because of how hot it was. This small detail makes the movie that much more realistic. To conclude, Black Hawk Down is a great movie that is both an eye opener that sticks to the facts as well as a quality film. I recommend this movie to any war-film fan, as well as anyone that likes watching movies in general.