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Black Hawk Down

Name: Black Hawk Down
Released: 2001

2001

In 1993, a U.S. raid to capture a Somali warlord's lieutenants in Mogadishu goes catastrophically wrong when helicopters are shot down, trapping soldiers in a desperate, hours-long firefight through hostile streets. Ridley Scott's intense, visceral war film.

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Part of 6 Movies Set in or About Somalia

This film is stop 2 of 6 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Somalia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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