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*Black Hawk Down* (2001) – Like a damaged and shy femoral artery that retreats into your body cavity…. this movie really gets up in there and tries to leave no pain and body gore left behind. . #MissedTheRopeByThatMuch

SHOW NOTES

Opening credits really said “Presented by America, in Dolby Digital.”
“Only the dead have seen the end of war” – Plato (how did he die?)
Body Bag! That looks blue.. and dark… and burnt.
Somalia (1994) – East Africa for those who don’t know.
Years of warfare among rival clans causes famine on a biblical scale… sounds familiar.
300, 000 Civilians die of starvation… Mohamed Farrah (no relations) Aidid, the most powerful of the warlords, rules the capital of Mogadishu (“Gesundheit”) He seizes international food shipments at the ports. Hunger is his weapon.
The world responds. Behind a force of 20,000 U.S.Marines, food is delivered and order is restored… (now look at these dead bodies…) April 1993 – Aidid waits until the marines withdraw, and then declares war on the remaining U.N. peacekeepers.
In June, Aidid’s militia ambush and slaughter 24 Pakistani soldiers, and begin targeting American personnel.
In late August, America’s elite soldiers, Delta Force, Army Rangers and 160th SOAR are sent to Mogadishu to remove Aidid and restore order.
The Mission was to take three weeks, but six weeks later Washington was growing impatient.
and…. now… finally… the title. BLACK HAWK DOWN!
Early October, 1993… Down at the Red Cross Food Distribution Center… RICE FIGHT!!
Hey base can we shoot these bad guys? Negative…. damnit!
Meanwhile, down at the bullet and gun market… pew pew in the sky and sweat… lots of sweat… in the desert.
Hey… we would like to speak to you… no thanks… shoots engine of car from helicopter… let me call you back. Just another day at the office.
I chain smoke Cubans
Do not make the mistake that I did not grow up with running water that I am stupid.
A tomorrow without a lot of Arkansas white boys’ ideas in it. I’M FROM TEXAS!
This is not War this is genocide.
The Situation is Fragile.
Because I love you too much baby…
Limo is a word. It doesn’t have to be in the dictionary. Scrabbles!
The Mog. not Mogadishu.
He can type… that is why he is the typer.
Delta vs Rangers.
We are at the 10 yard line…..
He’s behind me isn’t he… guess I should take off my paperclip brow piercing.
Clean the latrines with your tongue until you can’t taste the difference between shit and french fries. Hua sir.
I was trained to make a difference.
Best laid plans.
This soundtrack in my favorite.
Grimey… Grimes is so dead.
Just gonna tape a giant cross on the top of my car.
Little kid snitch…
Nothing. He’s just never done that before.
Set the tire fires! Off the streets!
Colonel they are shooting at us… well shoot back.
Blackburn was short lived.
A hiss means it’s close.
Grimes is “Fuck this”
Do they have a dog prisoner?
Somebody get on that 50
6-1 is going down. This is the thing… We got a Black Hawk Down.
How come I got to stay back here? Cause you are dependable.
Hey Twonbley. I think they have forgotten us. What. Doesn’t matter.
3 o’clock high is going to take care of this.
Fing-gore!
oops… sorry dad… shot ya.
Even if they are dead. You still have to recover those bodies.
Who’s arm is this. better stick it in my bag.
Should have kept the back plate armor.
Twonby is my fave
They hate these cans! These whirl y bird cans.
But I’m shot sr.
Those poor dogs. Damn humans.
Any Skinnies come around this corner.
Only shoot at what you can hit.
We have a prisoner. Brutal.
Quick run… the skinnies are praying.
Sir. I do not believe you are going to be ok… but I am going to tell you it will be.
You American’s no longer smoke. You live long and uninteresting lives.
He got a shy femoral artery. And I think I may be underselling it when I say this is going to hurt when I go up into the pelvis to retrieve it.
Grabbing a handful of artery.
So you are thinking. Don’t
Just follow the smoke… it is all smoke!!
You can’t decide who and how.
Love how he just stands around in full site. Tom Sizemore
Get the Pilot’s bodies.
I need an honest no-shit assessment Danny… no one gets left behind… what about a below the knee… can we leave that behind.
Get on the roof… screw that.
Dead Baby Crossing.
I don’t think they want us here… well… maybe the stadium guys do.
“Hey hoot… why you do it man.” It’s about the man next to you… that is all it is.
Nobody asks to be a hero. That is just how it turns out.
1000s of Somalis.. 12 US
Eric Bana shows up and instantly becomes the coolest guy in Somalia.
Ewan McGregor just wants to make a cup of joe and gets deployed instead.
Josh Hartnett: a face so serious it causes airstrikes.
Tom Sizemore’s helmet is held together by duct tape and grit.
“Don’t shoot at people unless they shoot at you.” Cool. That should go well.
Helicopters flying in tight formation with heroic music—what could go wrong?
And boom. *Black Hawk Down* is no longer just a title—it’s an entire plot arc.
People really be carrying wounded guys like sacks of potatoes under gunfire.
So much yelling. No one hears anything. Radios are mostly for dramatic tension.
Night falls, the rescue gets messier, and we’re still 40 minutes from exfil.
Guy gets shot, yells “I’m fine!” – classic war movie logic.
The Delta Force guys are basically video game characters with unlimited stamina.
The kid with the RPG is about 12 and has better aim than stormtroopers.
“Leave no man behind” – even if it takes the entire second act and half your cast.
There are like 200 soldiers in this movie and 150 of them are named “Mike.”
“Tell my mom I fought with honor” – the emotional damage stacks fast.
The whole “real event” factor makes this one hit harder than the usual popcorn war flick.
Sam Shepard brings that “grizzled general” energy like he was born in a flak jacket.
That moment when they finally reach the stadium: relief, exhaustion, mud everywhere.
The credits roll with actual footage/photos and *yep*, now I feel bad for making jokes.
Shout out to the dirt. The real MVP of this movie.

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Oh Hi,

This week on FilmSack, we’ve been hit!!! and we are going BLACK HAWK DOWN!! Tell our moms and dads we fought real hard today and didn’t leave any man or body part behind. Speaking of, has anyone seen the lower part of my left arm? It’s where I keep my watch…. and in addition to my fondness for it… I need to know when it’s time to rendezvous at check point Netflix for some “Draft every able bodied male Hollywood actor of 2001” for some Action/Drama/War is hell?/Pew Pew… HUA? Seriously guys, HUA is going to trash-my-stash of adult entertainment when they get back to base? DO NOT SEND THAT HOME TO MY MOM!

Anywho, I just want you guys to know… that if we every get drafted for the podcast wars and we have to fly our Black Hawk helicopter into an area where the locals hate us as much as that guy hates cans in the movie The Jerk… well I will have your 6… that’s your back Ibbott… and I have it… for as long as I can see you and you don’t notice me running away. HUA on your own now.. bye-eee. Two HUA jokes in One Intro! Pew pew pew.

“Nobody asks to be a hero. That is just how it turns out.”

Randy, Grind the bean. We are going to be up all night watching this durn movie.

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BRIEF

In 1993, elite U.S. soldiers are sent into Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture warlord lieutenants. But when two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, the mission turns into a prolonged firefight and rescue effort. *Black Hawk Down* delivers relentless war drama with a stacked cast, sweaty helmets, and lots of slow-motion yelling.

2001 | Rated R | Action/Drama/War | 2h 24m

LINKS

IMDB: Black Hawk Down (2001)

Wikipedia: Black Hawk Down Wiki

Rotten Tomatoes: RT Page

TVTropes: TV Tropes

WHERE TO WATCH

Streaming: [Check availability on JustWatch]

TRAILER/CLIPS

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SHOW NOTES

Opening credits really said “Presented by America, in Dolby Digital.”
“Only the dead have seen the end of war” – Plato (how did he die?)
Body Bag! That looks blue.. and dark… and burnt.
Somalia (1994) – East Africa for those who don’t know.
Years of warfare among rival clans causes famine on a biblical scale… sounds familiar.
300, 000 Civilians die of starvation… Mohamed Farrah (no relations) Aidid, the most powerful of the warlords, rules the capital of Mogadishu (“Gesundheit”) He seizes international food shipments at the ports. Hunger is his weapon.
The world responds. Behind a force of 20,000 U.S.Marines, food is delivered and order is restored… (now look at these dead bodies…) April 1993 – Aidid waits until the marines withdraw, and then declares war on the remaining U.N. peacekeepers.
In June, Aidid’s militia ambush and slaughter 24 Pakistani soldiers, and begin targeting American personnel.
In late August, America’s elite soldiers, Delta Force, Army Rangers and 160th SOAR are sent to Mogadishu to remove Aidid and restore order.
The Mission was to take three weeks, but six weeks later Washington was growing impatient.
and…. now… finally… the title. BLACK HAWK DOWN!
Early October, 1993… Down at the Red Cross Food Distribution Center… RICE FIGHT!!
Hey base can we shoot these bad guys? Negative…. damnit!
Meanwhile, down at the bullet and gun market… pew pew in the sky and sweat… lots of sweat… in the desert.
Hey… we would like to speak to you… no thanks… shoots engine of car from helicopter… let me call you back. Just another day at the office.
I chain smoke Cubans
Do not make the mistake that I did not grow up with running water that I am stupid.
A tomorrow without a lot of Arkansas white boys’ ideas in it. I’M FROM TEXAS!
This is not War this is genocide.
The Situation is Fragile.
Because I love you too much baby…
Limo is a word. It doesn’t have to be in the dictionary. Scrabbles!
The Mog. not Mogadishu.
He can type… that is why he is the typer.
Delta vs Rangers.
We are at the 10 yard line…..
He’s behind me isn’t he… guess I should take off my paperclip brow piercing.
Clean the latrines with your tongue until you can’t taste the difference between shit and french fries. Hua sir.
I was trained to make a difference.
Best laid plans.
This soundtrack in my favorite.
Grimey… Grimes is so dead.
Just gonna tape a giant cross on the top of my car.
Little kid snitch…
Nothing. He’s just never done that before.
Set the tire fires! Off the streets!
Colonel they are shooting at us… well shoot back.
Blackburn was short lived.
A hiss means it’s close.
Grimes is “Fuck this”
Do they have a dog prisoner?
Somebody get on that 50
6-1 is going down. This is the thing… We got a Black Hawk Down.
How come I got to stay back here? Cause you are dependable.
Hey Twonbley. I think they have forgotten us. What. Doesn’t matter.
3 o’clock high is going to take care of this.
Fing-gore!
oops… sorry dad… shot ya.
Even if they are dead. You still have to recover those bodies.
Who’s arm is this. better stick it in my bag.
Should have kept the back plate armor.
Twonby is my fave
They hate these cans! These whirl y bird cans.
But I’m shot sr.
Those poor dogs. Damn humans.
Any Skinnies come around this corner.
Only shoot at what you can hit.
We have a prisoner. Brutal.
Quick run… the skinnies are praying.
Sir. I do not believe you are going to be ok… but I am going to tell you it will be.
You American’s no longer smoke. You live long and uninteresting lives.
He got a shy femoral artery. And I think I may be underselling it when I say this is going to hurt when I go up into the pelvis to retrieve it.
Grabbing a handful of artery.
So you are thinking. Don’t
Just follow the smoke… it is all smoke!!
You can’t decide who and how.
Love how he just stands around in full site. Tom Sizemore
Get the Pilot’s bodies.
I need an honest no-shit assessment Danny… no one gets left behind… what about a below the knee… can we leave that behind.
Get on the roof… screw that.
Dead Baby Crossing.
I don’t think they want us here… well… maybe the stadium guys do.
“Hey hoot… why you do it man.” It’s about the man next to you… that is all it is.
Nobody asks to be a hero. That is just how it turns out.
1000s of Somalis.. 12 US
Eric Bana shows up and instantly becomes the coolest guy in Somalia.
Ewan McGregor just wants to make a cup of joe and gets deployed instead.
Josh Hartnett: a face so serious it causes airstrikes.
Tom Sizemore’s helmet is held together by duct tape and grit.
“Don’t shoot at people unless they shoot at you.” Cool. That should go well.
Helicopters flying in tight formation with heroic music—what could go wrong?
And boom. *Black Hawk Down* is no longer just a title—it’s an entire plot arc.
People really be carrying wounded guys like sacks of potatoes under gunfire.
So much yelling. No one hears anything. Radios are mostly for dramatic tension.
Night falls, the rescue gets messier, and we’re still 40 minutes from exfil.
Guy gets shot, yells “I’m fine!” – classic war movie logic.
The Delta Force guys are basically video game characters with unlimited stamina.
The kid with the RPG is about 12 and has better aim than stormtroopers.
“Leave no man behind” – even if it takes the entire second act and half your cast.
There are like 200 soldiers in this movie and 150 of them are named “Mike.”
“Tell my mom I fought with honor” – the emotional damage stacks fast.
The whole “real event” factor makes this one hit harder than the usual popcorn war flick.
Sam Shepard brings that “grizzled general” energy like he was born in a flak jacket.
That moment when they finally reach the stadium: relief, exhaustion, mud everywhere.
The credits roll with actual footage/photos and *yep*, now I feel bad for making jokes.
Shout out to the dirt. The real MVP of this movie.

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Oh Hi,

“Nobody asks to be a hero. That is just how it turns out.”

Randy, Grind the bean. We are going to be up all night watching this durn movie.

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BRIEF

2001 | Rated R | Action/Drama/War | 2h 24m

LINKS

IMDB: Black Hawk Down (2001)

Wikipedia: Black Hawk Down Wiki

Rotten Tomatoes: RT Page

TVTropes: TV Tropes

WHERE TO WATCH

Streaming: [Check availability on JustWatch]

TRAILER/CLIPS

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SHOW NOTES

Opening credits really said “Presented by America, in Dolby Digital.”
“Only the dead have seen the end of war” – Plato (how did he die?)
Body Bag! That looks blue.. and dark… and burnt.
Somalia (1994) – East Africa for those who don’t know.
Years of warfare among rival clans causes famine on a biblical scale… sounds familiar.
300, 000 Civilians die of starvation… Mohamed Farrah (no relations) Aidid, the most powerful of the warlords, rules the capital of Mogadishu (“Gesundheit”) He seizes international food shipments at the ports. Hunger is his weapon.
The world responds. Behind a force of 20,000 U.S.Marines, food is delivered and order is restored… (now look at these dead bodies…) April 1993 – Aidid waits until the marines withdraw, and then declares war on the remaining U.N. peacekeepers.
In June, Aidid’s militia ambush and slaughter 24 Pakistani soldiers, and begin targeting American personnel.
In late August, America’s elite soldiers, Delta Force, Army Rangers and 160th SOAR are sent to Mogadishu to remove Aidid and restore order.
The Mission was to take three weeks, but six weeks later Washington was growing impatient.
and…. now… finally… the title. BLACK HAWK DOWN!
Early October, 1993… Down at the Red Cross Food Distribution Center… RICE FIGHT!!
Hey base can we shoot these bad guys? Negative…. damnit!
Meanwhile, down at the bullet and gun market… pew pew in the sky and sweat… lots of sweat… in the desert.
Hey… we would like to speak to you… no thanks… shoots engine of car from helicopter… let me call you back. Just another day at the office.
I chain smoke Cubans
Do not make the mistake that I did not grow up with running water that I am stupid.
A tomorrow without a lot of Arkansas white boys’ ideas in it. I’M FROM TEXAS!
This is not War this is genocide.
The Situation is Fragile.
Because I love you too much baby…
Limo is a word. It doesn’t have to be in the dictionary. Scrabbles!
The Mog. not Mogadishu.
He can type… that is why he is the typer.
Delta vs Rangers.
We are at the 10 yard line…..
He’s behind me isn’t he… guess I should take off my paperclip brow piercing.
Clean the latrines with your tongue until you can’t taste the difference between shit and french fries. Hua sir.
I was trained to make a difference.
Best laid plans.
This soundtrack in my favorite.
Grimey… Grimes is so dead.
Just gonna tape a giant cross on the top of my car.
Little kid snitch…
Nothing. He’s just never done that before.
Set the tire fires! Off the streets!
Colonel they are shooting at us… well shoot back.
Blackburn was short lived.
A hiss means it’s close.
Grimes is “Fuck this”
Do they have a dog prisoner?
Somebody get on that 50
6-1 is going down. This is the thing… We got a Black Hawk Down.
How come I got to stay back here? Cause you are dependable.
Hey Twonbley. I think they have forgotten us. What. Doesn’t matter.
3 o’clock high is going to take care of this.
Fing-gore!
oops… sorry dad… shot ya.
Even if they are dead. You still have to recover those bodies.
Who’s arm is this. better stick it in my bag.
Should have kept the back plate armor.
Twonby is my fave
They hate these cans! These whirl y bird cans.
But I’m shot sr.
Those poor dogs. Damn humans.
Any Skinnies come around this corner.
Only shoot at what you can hit.
We have a prisoner. Brutal.
Quick run… the skinnies are praying.
Sir. I do not believe you are going to be ok… but I am going to tell you it will be.
You American’s no longer smoke. You live long and uninteresting lives.
He got a shy femoral artery. And I think I may be underselling it when I say this is going to hurt when I go up into the pelvis to retrieve it.
Grabbing a handful of artery.
So you are thinking. Don’t
Just follow the smoke… it is all smoke!!
You can’t decide who and how.
Love how he just stands around in full site. Tom Sizemore
Get the Pilot’s bodies.
I need an honest no-shit assessment Danny… no one gets left behind… what about a below the knee… can we leave that behind.
Get on the roof… screw that.
Dead Baby Crossing.
I don’t think they want us here… well… maybe the stadium guys do.
“Hey hoot… why you do it man.” It’s about the man next to you… that is all it is.
Nobody asks to be a hero. That is just how it turns out.
1000s of Somalis.. 12 US
Eric Bana shows up and instantly becomes the coolest guy in Somalia.
Ewan McGregor just wants to make a cup of joe and gets deployed instead.
Josh Hartnett: a face so serious it causes airstrikes.
Tom Sizemore’s helmet is held together by duct tape and grit.
“Don’t shoot at people unless they shoot at you.” Cool. That should go well.
Helicopters flying in tight formation with heroic music—what could go wrong?
And boom. *Black Hawk Down* is no longer just a title—it’s an entire plot arc.
People really be carrying wounded guys like sacks of potatoes under gunfire.
So much yelling. No one hears anything. Radios are mostly for dramatic tension.
Night falls, the rescue gets messier, and we’re still 40 minutes from exfil.
Guy gets shot, yells “I’m fine!” – classic war movie logic.
The Delta Force guys are basically video game characters with unlimited stamina.
The kid with the RPG is about 12 and has better aim than stormtroopers.
“Leave no man behind” – even if it takes the entire second act and half your cast.
There are like 200 soldiers in this movie and 150 of them are named “Mike.”
“Tell my mom I fought with honor” – the emotional damage stacks fast.
The whole “real event” factor makes this one hit harder than the usual popcorn war flick.
Sam Shepard brings that “grizzled general” energy like he was born in a flak jacket.
That moment when they finally reach the stadium: relief, exhaustion, mud everywhere.
The credits roll with actual footage/photos and *yep*, now I feel bad for making jokes.
Shout out to the dirt. The real MVP of this movie.

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SHOW NOTES

BRIEF

LINKS

WHERE TO WATCH

TRAILER/CLIPS

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BRIEF

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WHERE TO WATCH

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