At a Glance

Based on true events, this is an account of an American UN Peacekeeping Force which landed in Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993. Their mission was to abduct the two top lieutenants of a local warlord but the team are quickly surrounded by enemy forces and a fifteen hour fierce ground battle ensues...

Detailed Information

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer and based on actual events, Black Hawk Down is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation.

Their mission: To abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord as part of a strategy to stop the civil war and famine that is tearing the county apart.

However, when the carefully planned mission takes an unexpected turn, it results in the US military's single biggest firefight since Vietnam. For the extraordinary and committed men who fight 18 harrowing hours in the most hostile district of Mogadishu, one late afternoon's journey was to be the single most amazing moment of their lives.