It has been 18 years since Black Hawk Down was released in UK cinemas. I believe it is one of Ridley Scott’s most underappreciated films.
A forgotten masterpiece in the war genre.
Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down captures the
sheer intensity, as well as the heartfelt commodity of the brave men during the
battle of Mogadishu. The story follows
US marines who are sent to Somalia to bring aid over to the people. Their mission was to capture the war lord,
however when two of their helicopters are gunned down by Somalian’s, the
mission then turns into a 16 hour long blood shredded nightmare.
By 2002, Ridley Scott was mostly known for
his work in the sci fi genre. A master of pioneering large worlds with original
concepts, as seen in Alien (1979) and
Blade Runner (1982). He is considered
a pure artist in the medium. This time
around, he is aided with a cinematic icon in the action genre, Jerry
Bruckheimer, who seems to always be attached to big studio…
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