Black Hawk Down Themes

INTRODUCTION

The film Black hawk down brings out the best of director Ridley Scott and screen play Ken Nolan, with its historically accurate depiction of The Battle of Mogadishu. The setting of this film is Mogadishu, Somalia. The action packed film is based the October 3-4, 1993 event in Somalia, where U.S.A forces try to capture underlings of the Warlord Mohamad Aided in order to drag him out of hiding , for the murders of UN workers he committed. However, all doesn’t go as plan when a missile shoots at a black hawk, causing a devastating chain of events such as 2 Black Hawk helicopters being shot down and the American forces suffering heavy casualties.

THE HISTORY The movie was incredibly

Matt Eversmann verifies this in “The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger” where he says their moto is “Night Stalkers don’t quit and rangers lead the way” The film manipulates music, graphic scenes, and heart throbbing moments to influence emotions. Norm Hooten who went back to look for the rest of the men still missing, he states "When I get home and people ask me,' Hey, Hoot, why do you do it, man? ….They won't understand that it's about the men next to you. And that's it. That's all it is.” The message of the film were brotherhood, leave no man behind. Gordon and Randy, were asked many times if they knew the risk of going to help Durant, they knew but still agreed, and died for it.2 Unlike most war films, there was not a single hero or a squad with identifiable personalities. There were various heroic icons Smith, Hoot, Eversmann, and the soldiers. The villainous icons of the movie were Aidid and the Somalian

This movie was created for young adult men. Critics of the believed the film was light on character development and cultural empathy, also lacking emotional resonance, but is thrilling depiction of war, factually driven, and has mind-blowing visualization. According to rotten Tomatoes it got a 76 out of 100 and a 74 on Metacritic. According to Ronald L. Spiller, the events of the movie are accurately portrayed but takes a “MTV version of History”. The film was made in 2001, this movie was made in the perspective a nationalist. It depicted Somalia and it citizens in a crude light .According to Nick Megoran,” It is highly racialized, the camera lingering poignantly over each American death whilst Somalians are culled in droves like cattle” It’s from an American perspective. It came two days after the one year anniversary pres. Bush inauguration and was the first big war films for Bush era The film advocated support for president Bush, activities of American troops, and patriotism. The purpose of the movie was to portray a closely accurate demonstration of the battle of Mogadishu while still, painting America in a golden light. It may influence the public by molding and crafting a bad image of the