“Black Hawk Down” turns a non-fiction book into another Ridley film spectacle. It shows the grandness of the US Army during the war between American Delta Force and Somalia's Regime, during the US military interference in the Somalia conflict in 1993. According to the film director, the film was never intended to take a political stance in Somalia's war. Even if it is far too long for a war film, take a deep breath and prepare yourself for staying with it until it's over.

Ridley Scott is an auteur of all kinds of movies: Blade Runner as a vision, Thelma and Louise as an intimate story, Gladiator as spectacle, Hannibal as a scary movie....and then the realistically tedious Black Hawk Down.

Black Hawk Down is based on Mark Bowden's best seller, as the reconstruction of real-life events in Somalia in 1993. Scott’s first goal was to make an anti-war film, but he achieved nothing more than the opposite: because all those soldiers really do believe in their country and in kicking ass. With their religion and patriotism, they really are straightforward and uncomplicated, looking for something that can not be gained in school or on the streets of America.