Black Hawk Down

R16

2001

145 mins

A simple search-and-capture operation turns into a desperate survival mission for a group of US soldiers when their Black Hawk... More

A simple search-and-capture operation turns into a desperate survival mission for a group of US soldiers when their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down in this action thriller from Ridley Scott.

Based on the book by journalist Mark Bowden, detailing the true story of the Unified Task Force's efforts to capture Somali faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993. Winner of Best Film Editing and Best Sound at the 2002 Academy Awards, with two more nominations for Scott (Director) and Slawomir Idziak (Cinematography).

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Black Hawk Down | Ratings & Reviews

77_%175 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
88_%473,580 reviews
Audience score rating

"The fact that the film failed to collect a single Golden Globe nomination from the hooeyheads of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association should suggest how good it is."

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Rolling Stone

"No doubt captures some of the horror and the chaos of the actual situation, but it makes for a loud, often confusing, and always bloody two and a half hours."

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TV Guide

"Films like this are more useful than gung-ho capers like "Behind Enemy Lines." They help audiences understand and sympathize with the actual experiences of combat troops, instead of trivializing them into entertainments."

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Roger Ebert

"The mission was doomed. This movie is not. It is an exceptional accomplishment -- and in certain ways that could not have been foreseen."

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San Francisco Chronicle

"War is hell for 100 continuous minutes of screen time in “Black Hawk Down,” a relentless immersion in combat strikingly realized but none too pleasurable to sit through."

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