Movie: Black Hawk Down

Year: 2001

Also Known As: La caída del halcón negro

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Genres: Action | Drama | History | War

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel Casseus, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy…

Plot: Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen, leading to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved.

Rated: 7.7/10 from 136,952 votes on IMDb

Release Date: 18 January 2002 (USA)

Runtime: 144

Tagline: Leave No Man Behind.

Countries: USA

Directors: Ridley Scott

Writers: Mark Bowden, Ken Nolan

Budget: $92,000,000

Languages: English, Somali

Location: Kénitra Airbase, Morocco