“Leave no man behind.”
Black Hawk Down follows a U.S. military raid in Mogadishu that quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. What begins as an attempt to seize two men linked to a Somali warlord collapses when Black Hawk helicopters are shot down. The Americans are then forced into intense street fighting as casualties mount and the mission unravels.
Ridley Scott directs the film, shaping the action into a tense account of a single operation gone wrong. Josh Hartnett appears as one of the soldiers caught in the battle, while Ewan McGregor and Tom Sizemore are among the men trying to hold the mission together under fire. The cast moves through the chaos as the raid breaks apart and the unit struggles to regroup.
Made in the United States and the United Kingdom, the film runs 145 minutes and is set in Somalia during the 1990s. Its war setting gives the story a harsh, urgent tone, with combat and confusion driving every scene. The film mixes military action with the strain of a rescue under pressure, keeping the focus on endurance rather than victory.
Ridley Scott directs the film, shaping the action into a tense account of a single operation gone wrong. Josh Hartnett appears as one of the soldiers caught in the battle, while Ewan McGregor and Tom Sizemore are among the men trying to hold the mission together under fire. The cast moves through the chaos as the raid breaks apart and the unit struggles to regroup.
Made in the United States and the United Kingdom, the film runs 145 minutes and is set in Somalia during the 1990s. Its war setting gives the story a harsh, urgent tone, with combat and confusion driving every scene. The film mixes military action with the strain of a rescue under pressure, keeping the focus on endurance rather than victory.
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7.4 / 10