Article: Black Hawk Down. (Film Video).

directed by Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott's latest movie is a gory portrayal of the October 1993 battle in Mogadishu that marked the climax of the disastrous US 'humanitarian intervention' in Somalia. A raid against warlord Muhammad Aidid goes badly wrong, leaving US elite forces stranded. Eighteen Americans die battling their way to safety, an event that triggered withdrawal from Somalia and the greatest humiliation of the US military since Vietnam.

The film boasts neither serious script nor character development: it is simply a bloody, blow-by-blow account of the ferocious battle. In this respect it remains true to the aim of the book by Mark Bowden on ...

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