Black Hawk Down (2001)

Black Hawk Down rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 454K votes

Rotten Tomatoes77%

Metacritic74%

TMDb7.393/10· 6K votes

With 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 74/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Black Hawk Down

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.

Cast of Black Hawk Down

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  Josh Hartnett

  as SSG Matthew Eversmann

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  Eric Bana

  as SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson

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  Ewan McGregor

  as SPC John Grimes

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  Tom Sizemore

  as LTC Danny McKnight

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  William Fichtner

  as SFC Jeff Sanderson

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  Sam Shepard

  as MG William F. Garrison

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  Jason Isaacs

  as CPT Mike Steele

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  Ewen Bremner

  as SPC Shawn Nelson

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  Orlando Bloom

  as PFC Todd Blackburn

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  Tom Hardy

  as SPC Lance Twombly

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  Charlie Hofheimer

  as CPL James 'Jamie' Smith

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  Hugh Dancy

  as SFC Kurt 'Doc' Schmid

Black Hawk Down facts

Budget

$92M

Box office

$173M

Our take on Black Hawk Down

Ridley Scott stages this 2001 war film as a relentless account of a 1993 U.S. military operation gone wrong: when Rangers and an elite Delta Force team try to seize two lieutenants of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down and the soldiers face heavy casualties amid intense street fighting. Scott favors immersive, chaotic combat over character backstory, keeping the camera locked to the ground-level scramble for survival. The result suits viewers who want a visceral, procedural depiction of urban warfare and the logistics of extraction under fire. Those looking for political context, developed individuals or emotional respite may find its unbroken intensity punishing rather than rewarding.