John du Prey - Classical Review
Crank up your volume and prepare for an adrenlin rush in the classic war movie "Black Hawk Down". This original, superior telling of a true `capture & extraction" mission - conducted by Delta and Elite Army troops - shows us what it takes to capture a Somali warlord and his entourage. It is as much battleground reality as most viewers can handle. The realism is so profound and the exchange of heavy fire between the calibers of war is so ear-deafening - that by the time we realize that we are on the ground or in the air - we are engulfed. We are in the flames of battle hell, and what perceptions we brought to this brilliant film: may now be altered forever. Our emotions, our sense of compassion and support to the troops (who protect our freedoms with their lives) - is now grounded in their heroism, sacrifice, hardship on and off the battlefield, and when one of our own falls dead in battle (KIA) - we are anything but indifferent. Our empathy is strong going in and coming out of the...
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