Netflix to lose iconic Ridley Scott war movie next month

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(Image credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Black Hawk Down

(Image credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Ridley Scott has had one hell of a career. DirectingAlienandThelma & Louisewould be enough for most directors to take it easy, but even into his eighties the man is helming epics like 2023’sNapoleon. Well, it was right after another blockbuster,Gladiator,that he was in the director’s chair again for the stunningBlack Hawk Down. Talk about having the golden touch.

Black Hawk Downis set to leaveNetflix(one of thebest streaming services) on the 1st of February, and before then you need to make time to watch it. Now afterNapoleon,we all know Ridley loves a long movie (and this is another at 144 minutes) but please clear out an evening in your diary and give this film the attention it deserves. It’s not one for a light-hearted night, but it is a sobering take on the bleakness of war.

Given the sheer number of characters we are introduced to, it’s a little bit trick to develop all of them but as a filmmaking spectacle, it’s hard to argue with this movie. It won Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Sound and deservedly so, plus boasts an impressive 88% onRotten Tomatoes. Even over twenty years later, it more than holds up to more modern war films.

And what gives its harrowing depiction of events even more gravitas, is that it’s all based on a true story, documented in Mark Bowden’s 1999 book of the same name. If you’re after another brilliant war movie, then your best bet isThe Hurt Lockerwhich is streaming on Sky in the UK and onPrime Videoin the US.

US viewers can watch Black Hawk Down on Paramount Plus.

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