"...There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott..."
New York Times "...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art..."
USA Today "...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..."
Rolling Stone "...[The] images have a raw, vital quality that heightens the urgent, you-are-there quality of the action, and all the equipment, effects and military-related details are superb..."
Variety "...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..."
Sight and Sound "...Well-made..."
Box Office "...Gripping, incisive....An attempt to record as accurately as possible what it was like to be under fire on that mission..."
Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he aerial photography of Black Hawks sweeping across the coastline is stunning....Technically the film is excellent..."
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