“Black Hawk Down” quotes
(2001)
Sir Ridley Scott
directed this movie
in 2001
Title Black Hawk Down
Year 2001
Director Ridley Scott
Genre Drama, History, War
Year 2001
Director Ridley Scott
Genre Drama, History, War
Plot – This is the story of a military elite sent to Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 to support UN operations. To end the terrible civil war in the country, their mission is to capture two lieutenants. The soldiers have the best intentions, but soon their mission turns into the worst firefight since Vietnam war. In Somalia different factions have been fighting against each other for at least a millennium and the US soldiers lose any hope to save the inhabitants' lives. What's more, every man, woman and child in Mogadishu shoot against the American soldiers and the whole city is turned into a battlefield. When two powerful Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, the soldiers try to rescue some survivors trapped in an inaccessible area of Mogadishu.
All actors – Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel Casseus, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy, Ron Eldard, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Guiry, Charlie Hofheimer, Danny Hoch, Jason Isaacs, Zeljko Ivanek, Glenn Morshower, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Sexton III, Johnny Strong, Richard Tyson, Brian Van Holt, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Steven Ford, Ian Virgo, Tom Hardy, Gregory Sporleder, Carmine Giovinazzo, Chris Beetem, Tac Fitzgerald, Matthew Marsden, Orlando Bloom, Kent Linville, Enrique Murciano, Michael Roof, George Harris, Razaaq Adoti, Treva Etienne, Abdibashir Mohamed Hersi, Pavel Vokoun, Dan Woods, Ty Burrell, Boyd Kestner, Jason Hildebrandt, Kofi Amankwah, Joshua Quarcoo, Johann Myers, Lee Geohagen, , Tommy Dallace, Giannina Facio-Scott, Corey Johnson, Norman Campbell Rees
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“Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.”
“You know, the last one of these guys shot himself in the head playing Russian-Roulette in a bar.”
“Do you think if you get general Aidid, we will simply put down our weapons and adopt American democracy? That the killing will stop? We know this. Without victory, there will be no peace. There will always be killing, see? This is how things are in our world.”
“It's what you do right now that makes a difference.”
“- Steele: Tell me, Pilla. You understand why we have a chain of command, don't you?
- Pilla: Roger that, sir.
- Steele: 'Cause if I ever see you undermining me again, you'll be cleaning latrines with your tongue 'til you can't taste the difference between shit and french fries. Are we clear?”“See you're thinking. Don't. 'Cause Sergeant, you can't control who gets hit or who doesn't or who falls out of a chopper or why. It ain't up to you. It's just war.”
I was talking to Blackburn the other day, and he asked me "What changed? Why are we going home?" and I said "Nothing". That's not true either; I think everything's changed. I know I've changed.
“You Americans don't smoke anymore. You live long, dull and uninteresting lives.”
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