Black Hawk Down (2001)

Director: Ridley Scott Writers (WGA): Mark Bowden (book) Ken Nolan (screenplay)

Genre: Action | Drama | History | War

Plot: Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where 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 which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col. McKnight who leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city, to Sgt. Sanderson desperately trying to get to the first crash site, to Staff Sgt. Yurek who leads two fellow Rangers, Nelson and Twombly to meet with up their squad, Chalk Four, at the first crash site, to many others involved who where either killed or survived.

CAST

Josh Hartnett	... 	Eversmann

Ewan McGregor	... 	Grimes

Tom Sizemore	... 	McKnight

Eric Bana	... 	Hoot

William Fichtner	... 	Sanderson

Ewen Bremner	... 	Nelson

Sam Shepard	... 	Garrison

Gabriel Casseus	... 	Kurth

Kim Coates	... 	Wex

Hugh Dancy	... 	Schmid

Ron Eldard	... 	Durant

Ioan Gruffudd	... 	Beales
Tom Guiry	... 	Yurek (as Thomas Guiry)

Charlie Hofheimer	... 	Smith

Danny Hoch	... 	Pilla