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.
Direction
Scott's you-are-there chaos without glorifying a single frame.
Sound
Those chopper blades will live rent-free in your skull forever.
Editing
Parallel timelines that somehow never let you get your bearings.
Director
Ridley Scott
Josh Hartnett
SSG Matthew Eversmann
Eric Bana
SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson
Ewan McGregor
SPC John Grimes
Tom Sizemore
LTC Danny McKnight
William Fichtner
SFC Jeff Sanderson
Sam Shepard
MG William F. Garrison
Jason Isaacs
CPT Mike Steele
Ewen Bremner
SPC Shawn Nelson
Orlando Bloom
PFC Todd Blackburn
Tom Hardy
SPC Lance Twombly
Charlie Hofheimer
CPL James 'Jamie' Smith
Hugh Dancy
SFC Kurt 'Doc' Schmid
Tom Guiry
SSG Ed Yurek
Brian Van Holt
SSG Jeff Struecker
Steven Ford
LTC Joe Cribbs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most of the cast went through a brutal two-week boot camp with the actual Rangers who fought at Mogadishu — veterans were on set daily calling out inaccuracies.
The real SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson was a composite of several Delta operators; the actual soldiers' identities remain classified, making Eric Bana's performance a ghost salute to unnamed warriors.
US
