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Black Hawk Down(2001)

Dir. Directed by Ridley Scott


The events of September 11 allowed Americans to feel like victims and act like bullies—just like the hapless soldiers of the 1993 Somalia mission.

— J. Hoberman: Film After Film (Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema?) (2012)

Synopsis: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.