Product reviewsBlack Hawk Down DVD Eric Bana (2002)

Good Value for Money worth every penny.

Bought this DVD for a close friend who is unwell at present. Already seen this film myself and was impressed regarding the attention to the facts of the actual incident,good storyline and as previously mentioned attention to detail impressive.

Checked prices elsewhere and found them to vary quite a lot. Read reviews on various e bay vendors and found the one I wanted. Very impressed with the quality of service I got from both the vendor and e bay will definiteley use their services again.Read full review...

Blackhawk down

Brilliant film worth watching my grandson loves it I bought it for him.

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Great movie. Great price.

Epic film. If you haven't seen it, watch it.

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happy with my order thankyou

happy with my order thankyou

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very good film

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Black hawk down

Very good film

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Black Hawk Down

As this was a true story,I don't no how much poetical licence was given to the facts by the script writer. If it was true then I am completely amazed how the General became a General in Modern warfare, as he obviously must have been watching some of the World War 1 scenes of sending Millions of men to their deaths for no reason. here we have a helicopter shot down,and a considerable number of "good guy Americans"getting killed to retreive their six dead bodies. No matter what the cost we will do it. The film itself was full of action,bit of bodies flying everywhere, and to what end....Very watchable,full of action but you have to ask(SNAFU)Situation Normal all Fcuked Up, why did they waste more life.Read full review...

From the BBC:

On Sunday 3rd October 1993, 140 US soldiers stormed the Bakara Market in Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture two lieutenants in the service of a local warlord. What should have been a simple search and capture operation lasting under an hour, turned into a hellish battle in a foreign city that didn't end until the following morning, when the troops were finally evacuated. The US army suffered its heaviest losses since the Vietnam War.

As a war film, "Black Hawk Down" is first rate. It's exciting, well paced, and full of lots of action. Director Ridley Scott proves to be at home with the adrenalin rush of modern technological warfare, piling on the firefights, helicopter crashes, and bloody carnage. Continuing the visceral tradition of war films post-"Saving Private Ryan", "Black Hawk Down" scatters body parts round the screen like confetti.

The problem is that its subject - American soldiers fighting Somali Muslims - is too close to the current world situation to suit a no-brains action story. In a belated attempt to mould the film to suit the post-September 11th climate, the film makers have added a series of opening and closing titles that desperately try to say something about the Battle of Mogadishu's wider significance, but these simply seem hastily written and ill advised.

"Black Hawk Down" doesn't so much lose sight of the political factors behind the action, as never actually notice them until after the event - making it less a film about the American experience in Somalia than a patriotic airbrushing of what was actually America's worst day of combat since Vietnam.

The only parallel it really wants us to draw with the contemporary international situation is a facile message about the US of A as an ass-kicking superpower - and that's why it gets top marks for the action; zero marks for the message.Read full review...

Black Hawk Down movie

On Sunday 3rd October 1993, 140 US soldiers stormed the Bakara Market in Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture two lieutenants in the service of a local warlord. What should have been a simple search and capture operation lasting under an hour, turned into a hellish battle in a foreign city that didn't end until the following morning, when the troops were finally evacuated. The US army suffered its heaviest losses since the Vietnam War.

As a war film, "Black Hawk Down" is first rate. It's exciting, well paced, and full of lots of action. Director Ridley Scott proves to be at home with the adrenalin rush of modern technological warfare, piling on the firefights, helicopter crashes, and bloody carnage. Continuing the visceral tradition of war films post-"Saving Private Ryan", "Black Hawk Down" scatters body parts round the screen like confetti.

The problem is that its subject - American soldiers fighting Somali Muslims - is too close to the current world situation to suit a no-brains action story. In a belated attempt to mould the film to suit the post-September 11th climate, the film makers have added a series of opening and closing titles that desperately try to say something about the Battle of Mogadishu's wider significance, but these simply seem hastily written and ill advised.

"Black Hawk Down" doesn't so much lose sight of the political factors behind the action, as never actually notice them until after the event - making it less a film about the American experience in Somalia than a patriotic airbrushing of what was actually America's worst day of combat since Vietnam.

The only parallel it really wants us to draw with the contemporary international situation is a facile message about the US of A as an ass-kicking superpower - and that's why it gets top marks for the action; zero marks for the message.Read full review...

Amazing Modern War film.

Im quite a war film fan. I've seen most WW2 or Vietnam films. So when someone recommends a film about a modern conflict, I was naturally interested. Black Hawk Down is a terrfic film about the american involvement in the battle of mogadishu, Somalia. Which to this day stil is a war zone. The film is very well made, and as it is based on a true story you connect to the film and you believe you were there, as these tragic events happened. Overall a very good film, that is definatly worth a watch as it is so well made, and the actors give amazing performances. That leaves a lasting impression on your mind. So, watch Black Hawk Down and see the action of a true story, that gives such a good impression on your mind.Read full review...