Black Hawk Down
review by Kris Williams

I have never been as scared during a war movie as I was during Black Hawk Down. Not the kind of scared where I had to look away in fright, but the kind of scared that made me wish I was watching a science fiction movie. I left the theater forgetting war existed, and then got a headache remembering that it did.

A big problem I had with Black Hawk Down was that it was so confusing. There seemed to be pretty poor character development, and there were alot of characters to develop. Half the time I didn't know who was who or where they were supposed to be. It was hard because there was battle throughout the entire film so it was loud and people were screaming and I could hardly decifer the names. There were too many soldiers to know which one they were talking about, but I got the gist of what was going on through context clues and common sense.

The only thing I did know was that I was supposed to be rooting for the Americans. I know Joe commented on how the story was told in a one-sided fashion. I agree, but I'm not really sure if I think there is something wrong with that or not. I think it has its place in this kind of movie.

All in all this film definitely had me emotionally involved the entire time, i liked it, but it wasn't anything amazing. I doubt i'll be purchasing it when it comes out on dvd.