Black Hawk Down Critic Reviews

It is an exceptional accomplishment.Read the full review

Black Hawk turns nightmare into great cinema.Read the full review

Films like this are more useful than gung-ho capers like "Behind Enemy Lines." They help audiences understand and sympathize with the actual experiences of combat troops, instead of trivializing them into entertainments.Read the full review

His is a triumph of pure filmmaking, a pitiless, unrelenting, no-excuses war movie so thoroughly convincing it's frequently difficult to believe it is a staged re-creation.Read the full review

A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken.Read the full review

The next worst thing to being there. That's how real it feels.Read the full review

One hell of a ride. For better or for worse, it will leave you stunned and reeling.Read the full review

You're drawn in, like it or not. You can't get away from the immediacy. Or the feeling that you're getting sucked in, too.Read the full review

Even an audience moved to tender patriotism might wonder how Scott, a proven master of ''Gladiator''-size visual showmanship, could have bombed away the personality of every man fighting until he's left with nothing more than pure combat.Read the full review