BLACK HAWK DOWN

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

Introduction

Black Hawk Down was an war-drama movie directed by Ridley Scott. The movie revolves around The Battle of Mogadishu and the American attempt at catching Somali Warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. After a successful beginning to the mission, a Black Hawk helicopter is shot down and surrounded by the enemy. In the movie, the American and allied troops who are stranded deep behind enemy lines are either injured, captured or killed in what is quickly becoming a futile attempt to survive and escape. The movie according to critics has received positive responses from the critics, because of besides merely action the picture shows reality. This paper in this connection will review the movie, and present the critical analysis on it.

Discussion and Analysis

The black hawk crashed in the middle of the city with hostile civilians and the mission suddenly changed to a rescue operation to secure the Blackhawk and their crew. The Somalia militia throws up road blocks so the humvees cannot enter the crash site and they became lost and suffered heavy causalities. Eversmann's unit finally reached the crash site and set up a defensive perimeter. While this was happening, super-six four gets shot down and no ground forces can reach them. Two soldiers which were inserted by helicopter voluntarily defended the crash site (Bowden, 2010). They find a man alive and try to fight off the militia, but then fail and all get killed except Durant who gets captured. The soldiers attempted to continue the convoy, but are soon left behind. They run as fast as they can, dodging bullets and vehicles as they try to make it into the safe zone. And with that, it cuts back to the base, where many soldiers are mourning the deaths of their friends (Eberwein, 2004). With 19 Americans dead and over 1000 Somalia's, the 18 hour battle is over. Which leaves you time to consider that “Black Hawk Down” is not about the world events, it's not about Somalia's deadly environment or and it's not about a country mislead by violence. “Black Hawk Down” is about the courage and bravery displayed by soldiers who were placed in an unwinnable fight, yet fought for their lives and emerged victorious, even if it was only in the eyes of themselves.“Blackhawk Down” is one of the best war movies I have ever viewed, it's amazing how involved it gets you, making you feel like a soldier, dodging bullets and running for cover. I really liked how all the camera work was done, I'm not sure what it is, but the techniques they used really immersed you into the battles. Another thing that I liked was the constant time updates displayed on the screen, it kept you updated on what was happening and it gave you an idea of how fast time was passing. The special effects were also very good, explosions and gunfire was bar none, looking 100% realistic. The sounds of all the action was also very realistic, which ...