Black Hawk Down

I've been watching this movie and its accompanying extras on DVD this week for the first time and I thought is ironic that this very American war story should be directed and produced by an Englishman (Ridley Scott) and have... Full review

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... Full review

I'm not a fan of war movies usually,but when i sat down to watch Black Hawk Down,i couldn't turn it off.Heres a war movie which doesn't sugar coat.There is no crappy dialogue,no soppy love story tie ins,just the real deal,brutal... Full review

I vividly remembered the news reports in October 1993 of the body of an American serviceman being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu following the battle there . A couple of years later my interest of the battle was rekindled... Full review

Black Hawk Down is first and foremost an immensely effective war film, but beyond that, its one of the most subtly differently made war films ever. Most war films usually either have a single hero through whom we see everything... Full review

Black Hawk Down is an incomparable war flick. Other movies I can recall, such as COURAGE UNDER FIRE, have a powerful story but fall short of authenticity. Because of the storyline, which showed a flawed and scandalous military hierarchy, the... Full review

When you break it down and look at it both honestly and cynically (assuming that that is possible for a minute), there are really only two kinds of war movie: pro and con. The underlying theme of virtually every war... Full review

I've just got this movie on DVD - I did see it on the big screen and it blew my mind. Being from Australia we had practically no idea of what was going on in Somalia, and after seeing this... Full review

Black Hawk Down(2001) is truly a great war movie. Filmed extroirdinarally with gritty action scenes, this movie is (one of) the best war movies I've seen since Saving Private Ryan. The movie is based(noticed BASED, which the director admitted they filled... Full review

Black Hawk is quite simply the best movie of the year (2001) and the best war movie I have seen. It's an astonishing achievement that puts you right in the middle of the hellish horror faced by U.S. soldiers in... Full review

Ed LaRoche's graphic novel Almighty is to be adapted as a feature film courtesy of Sin City producer Stephen L'Heureux's Solipsist Films. According to Mania , Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolana is attached as writer, and a director is... ... Full Article

ABC's watery new event series V had the highest ratings of any new series of the season on Tuesday night. 14 million people tuned in to learn all about how lizard people are secretly running the world. ... Full Article

Activision, the company behind some great videogame franchises including Call of Duty recently trademarked that property for future film rights. This is unexpected - Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World at War are two immensely popular... ... Full Article

"I think of it as a combat film," says Kathryn, who cites The Battle Of Algiers, Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down among her favourite war movies. ... Full Article

A solo Orlando Bloom makes his way through LAX airport in Los Angeles on Monday (August 10). The 32-year-old British actor was recently named as one of Aussie actor Eric Bana 's best friends. ... Full Article