BLACK HAWK DOWN

9GO!, Monday, 8.30pm, MA15+ (2001)

An exhausting display of pyrotechnics and palpable heroism is at the heart of this acclaimed military saga from Ridley Scott (Gladiator). The factual story tells of the bloody events involving elite US soldiers who were trapped in a hellish standoff in the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993. The very macho cast includes Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore and local boy Eric Bana (pictured), who gets all the juicy lines. It impresses most as an exercise in technical craftsmanship.