Movie: Black Hawk Down
Main Actors: Josh Hartnett (stupidest decision ever), Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, and Eric Bana
MPAA Rating: R
Passionate Expressions: Yes, there are many of these.
Useless Vulgar Language: Considering the context of the film, maybe one or two.
Sex in a Good Light: Non-existent
Sex in a Bad Light: Wasn’t in the movie
Manly Violence: The whole movie was manly violence
Action Violence: Nope
Pointless Violence: Nope
Manly Rating: A
Scorecard
Cinematography: A
Visual Effects: A
Sound/Score: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Food to Watch With: Some salad and fried chicken.
Plot Synopsis: The story of the Army Rangers in Mogadishu.
Review: Very rarely does Hollywood 1. ask the military for help with a movie and actually mean it. And 2. Try to make a somewhat accurate war movie (anymore anyway). When I saw that this movie was coming out I was excited, I knew the story and it had been a long time since some of our nations heroes were honored. Then I saw it was a Bruckheimer film and I was filled with anxiety that this would be turned into a Rock-like picture. It wasn’t (I personally think we have Ridley Scott to thank for that), it was wonderful, well, wonderful in its own right. It was filmed well, they brought the Army in on what they did, stayed with the actual story quite well, didn’t add too much soldier interaction drama so as not to paint anyone in a bad light and did a great job of showing what urban combat could be like. It is a very violent and bloody movie that shows you everything, a lot like Saving Private Ryan. Would I recommend this movie, yes. Maybe one of the ways that people can better relate to active and discharged war veterans is having at least a little bit of an idea of what they went through. On that note, don’t leave that to the movies to teach you. Go and find out the truth for yourself, go talk to them.
Life Lessons: American soldiers kick butt.
Summary: Great movie that stays simple and doesn’t try to change things too much to make better visual effects.
Would I Watch This Again: Yes
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