Black Hawk Down is a visceral war film released in 2001 that follows the real life stories of U.S. soldiers who fought at the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, 1993. When an hour long operation in the city quickly went wrong when two black hawk helicopters were shot down, a major gunfight took place that extended for over twenty four hours and required thousands of more U.S. troops to be sent in as a rescue force.