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Nov 22, 2023 · Summary. Pilot Mike Durant was captured and held hostage for 11 days by Somali troops during the Black Hawk Down incident. The Black Hawk Down movie accurately depicts Durant's capture and the events leading up to it, including the death of his friend and fellow pilot Wolcott. Despite his injuries and being told he would never fly again, Durant ...
Sep 11, 2020 · Pearl Harbor. Returning to Michael Bay, his epic war film, Pearl Harbor, came out in the same year as Black Hawk Down. Both were based on true stories, but Pearl Harbor was definitely the more hotly-anticipated of the two in 2001. Midway: 5 Reasons The WW2 Movie Is Better Than Pearl Harbor (& 5 Pearl Harbor Is Better)
On October 3rd, 1993, 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was a fast daylight raid to kidnap lead terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who had been killing U.N. workers delivering food to starving Somalis. Aidid’s goal was to control the country by controlling all the food. The mission abruptly changed to a rescue operation ...
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From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Hannibal) and, renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) and screenwriter Ken Nolan comes a gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie and the complex reality of war. Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Eric ...
9/10. one of the best ACCURATE war movies. dberman-2 3 March 2005. Unlike most of the war movies of our time, Black Hawk Down sticks to the facts about what happened in Mogadishu and doesn't romanticize the story. To support this observation, the viewer will notice that there is not really one main character.
Jan 27, 2024 · Speaking to Insider, a retired Delta Force operator said Black Hawk Down did a good job at capturing “the violence of action”, and in the book Combat Films, author Steven J. Rubin called it “amazingly realistic”, pointing out that the movie had Colonel Tom Matthews as its military technical advisor. Black Hawk Down's depiction of Mike ...
