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Correia · February 20, 2002, 02:22 PM

I went and saw Black Hawk Down last night. I was kind of excited to see it since I had read the book, and after reading Harry Humphries' article in SWAT I figured that at least the fighting would be faithfully recreated.

All I can say is Wow.

I have seen other movies that had realistic gun handling. But I've never seen one that had something like two straight hours of combat, all of which was very visually impressive and really hit the audience hard.

Black Hawk Down now takes the spot of my favorite all time gun movie. I think that it did justice to the men who served there.

February 20, 2002, 02:22 PM	#1
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	Harry Humphries on Black Hawk Down I went and saw Black Hawk Down last night. I was kind of excited to see it since I had read the book, and after reading Harry Humphries' article in SWAT I figured that at least the fighting would be faithfully recreated. All I can say is Wow. I have seen other movies that had realistic gun handling. But I've never seen one that had something like two straight hours of combat, all of which was very visually impressive and really hit the audience hard. Black Hawk Down now takes the spot of my favorite all time gun movie. I think that it did justice to the men who served there.