160 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.
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 led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Army Rangers, US Special Forces, and hundreds of Somali gunmen; resulting in the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. The film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on SSG Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Chief 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
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Ridley Scott: [ceiling fan] There is a large ceiling fan in the scene where Garrison interviews Mohammed Atto. See more »
Goofs
Due to the design of most Russian RPG's, like the kind used in this movie, the exhaust from the rocket being fired is funneled through the tube on the launcher to the back of the launcher, and expelled from the back end, an effect commonly referred to as backblast. During some scenes where RPG's are being fired, they are shown to be pointing at the ground. This would have the backblast reflect of the ground, and severely injure the launcher operator, and surrounding personnel. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Dan Busch:
There. Technicals, nine o'clock.
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Crazy Credits
The film begins with the words "Based on an Actual Event", followed by the quote from Plato, which leads into the informative prologue with the scenes set in Somalia, East Africa, 1992. The prologue ends with the opening title. See more »
Alternate Versions
The Extended Cut has about 7 minutes and 30 seconds of added footage:
Some rangers on the beach
The scene with Blackburn and Grimes is longer
The shooting range scene is extended
During the chess game with Randy and Gordy the line "Stranded and condemned, Gordy" is added after he moves his piece
The short scene after the meeting is edited different and as some lines added at the end
A ranger gets his arm looked at
Scene with Eversmann and Hoot is longer
On the way to target they added: Grimes adding his name to his helmet, two-min warning, and some lines
Chalk 3 shooting at delta in target building
Yurek sees a guy stealing a TV
Eversmann hearing about the second hawk on the radio
Short scene with Nelson and Twombly and the scene when Galantine tries to call them on the radio is moved to before they meet Yurek
A shot of crash site two before Durant grabs his gun
Steel asking about the convoy
Garrison looking at the monitor after Grody gets killed
Yurek, Nelson, and Twombly hear the praying
Steel asks again about the convoy
The little birds turn around and makes another run before going back to rearm
McKnight asks how much longer it takes to get the body out of the chopper
A lot added at the stadium: McKight yelling, "Don't let that man crawl!", Garrison walking around med area, Steel walking around med area, Sanderson talking to Grimes is moved
After Eversmann talks to Jamie he sees Garrison out side
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Written by Bernie Baum, Bill Giant and Florence Kaye
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It's an action packed movie with great detailing and difficult direction. I have watched many war movies and their original footage. Black Hawk Down still remains the best for me. And hats off to Hans Zimmer
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It's an action packed movie with great detailing and difficult direction. I have watched many war movies and their original footage. Black Hawk Down still remains the best for me. And hats off to Hans Zimmer