Release Date:
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
If nothing else, Black Hawk Down proves that great war movies dont have to be inspired by great wars. In fact, the events detailed in this story cant really even be called a war, but that doesnt stop Ridley Scotts grab-you-by-the-scrotum-and-refuse-to-let-go mini-epic from joining the ranks of greatest military movies ever. Unrelenting, eye-popping, and mesmerizing, Black Hawk Down deserves to be recognized for what it accomplished. It also deserves a better DVD than this.
A single making of featurette scratches the surface of what Scott and crew went through to get this made, but you know there are just tons of anecdotes, unused scenes, and the like floating around, just ripe for the Special Edition treatment. Not to mention that Scott bails on the commentary trackif ever a movie screamed for one, this is it. And yet, we have to add this to our collection just, well, because. If you missed it in the theaters, boy, you best run out and secure yourself a copy, HUH!
A single making of featurette scratches the surface of what Scott and crew went through to get this made, but you know there are just tons of anecdotes, unused scenes, and the like floating around, just ripe for the Special Edition treatment. Not to mention that Scott bails on the commentary trackif ever a movie screamed for one, this is it. And yet, we have to add this to our collection just, well, because. If you missed it in the theaters, boy, you best run out and secure yourself a copy, HUH!