This movie went on my list after I heard a verification of its accuracy in an interview of a person who lived through this horrific experience.  It's not a movie that can be critiqued like any other story.  The carnage was terrible .... as I am sure it was during the real event.  The summation was 19 US killed - 1,000 Somalia's killed.

In my book, when they say about 1,000, it means they have no idea how many were killed.

    The dramatization of this event probably has some redeeming value as an anti-war message, or maybe as a historical document.  Adidi was a bad son-of-a-bitch, but that never explained for me, how the military strategist who planned this could have miscalculated so badly - or never considered contingencies for an attack like this.

    This was a difficult film to watch and it has been difficult to think about afterward.  The statistics tell the story.