
We Were Soldiers(2002)
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.


“Leave no man behind.”
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

Josh Hartnett
SSG Matthew Eversmann

Eric Bana
SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson

Ewan McGregor
SPC John Grimes

Tom Sizemore
LTC Danny McKnight

William Fichtner
SFC Jeff Sanderson

Sam Shepard
MG William F. Garrison

Jason Isaacs
CPT Mike Steele

Ewen Bremner
SPC Shawn Nelson

Orlando Bloom
PFC Todd Blackburn

Tom Hardy
SPC Lance Twombly
Black Hawk Down is a action, war, history film released in 2001 exploring themes of based on novel or book, ambush, chaos, militia, prisoner of war, wound. Directed by Ridley Scott, it stars Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor. When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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