Black Hawk Down – Deluxe Edition IMDB
- Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs
Director:
Ridley Scott
Categories: War
Rated: R
Running Time: 144 minutes
Synopsis
A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is
relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a
series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter Mark
Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force
soldiers and Army Rangers, part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force,
are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in an effort to kidnap two
of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top lieutenants. Among the team:
Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight (Tom
Sizemore), the resourceful Delta Sgt. First Class Jeff Sanderson (William
Fichtner), and Ranger Spec. Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a desk-bound clerk getting
his first taste of live combat. When two of the mission's Black Hawk
helicopters are shot down by enemy forces, the Americans -- committed to
recovering every man, dead or alive -- stay in the area too long and are
quickly surrounded. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the
longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In the
end, 70 soldiers are injured and 18 are dead, along with hundreds of Somalians.
Black Hawk Down was voted one of the top ten films of the year by the National
Board of Review prior to its limited Oscar-qualifying release. On the basis of
his work in this film, co-star Eric Bana, a relatively unknown Australian actor
playing Delta Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson, won the lead in director Ang
Lee's version of The Hulk (2003). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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