Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down (2001)

  • 76% of critics liked it
    (170 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (435,535 ratings)

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… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Ken Nolan
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Dec 28, 2001 Wide
On DVD
Jun 11, 2002
Sony Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    I also don't know how well this 2001 drama represents the events of October 3 and 4, 1993, though I can see that it represents them in a realist vein, referring to other war movies without becoming frivolous.

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    Black Hawk Down makes that point without preachment, in precise and pitiless imagery. And for that reason alone it takes its place on the very short list of the unforgettable movies about war and its ineradicable and immeasurable costs.

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    A relentless immersion in combat strikingly realized but none too pleasurable to sit through.

  • , Time Out

    [Scott] does a reasonable job sketching the complicated and contradictory political context, but attempts to bring in the odd Somali perspective are grossly inadequate.

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    A first-rate war movie that presents its subject so horrifyingly well that it doesn't need to probe or preach.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    <b>Black Hawk Down</b> is one of the many war films I have watched recently. It too is one of the better one's I have watched. It is packed with a lot of talent. Which of course makes this film that much better because the performances are so good. Tom Sizemore is… More

  • Emil K


    Brutally concieved film about the horrors of war, but also alarmingly patriotic film with it's disgusting "America fuck yeah!" approach. Among with his talented photographer Slawomir Idziak, director Ridley Scott takes us in the middle of one of the most complex… More

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Low on character development but absolutely gigantic on production values and realistic battle sequences, Black Hawk Down triumphs on the technical level one would expect from an amazing artist like Ridley… More

  • Alexander D


    Sir Ridley Scott has had a number of classic films on his record, so one would think he would be able to direct a better war film than this. Iâ(TM)ll admit, Scott does wonderfully at making BLACK HAWK DOWN a realistic film. This picture is filled with unrestrained, graphic violence,… More

  • Albert K


    Overrated to the max. A movie that has action throughout the entire movie with no characterization to be found. When soldiers are hurt, they're simply bodies that bleed blood and then near the end they try to make the audience sympathize with one soldier who is captured...… More

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