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Hawk, The
Hawk, The
Stars: Helen Mirren, George Costigan, Rosemary Leach, Owen Teale, Melanie Hill, Marie HamerDirector: David Hayman
Summary: A woman's life is plunged into fear when she suspects her husband is The Hawk, a local serial killer who has left a trail of victims in their area. A number of coincidences sow the seed of doubt in her mind and slowly her distrust and turmoil start to get the better of her.
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Beginning with a quote from T.S. Elliott--"All our ignorance brings us closer to death"--the hope that Black Hawk Downwill offer an intelligent war film to a world after September 11, 2001 is high. Based on a true story which led to a bestselling book, the film focuses on the 1993 American mission to Somalia which went terribly wrong. To a certain extent it succeeds with its opening promise, but all too quickly falls under the spell of American national pride--possibly the reason why the film was brought forward from its original release date. One might hope that with a British director, Ridley Scott, and a high percentage of British and Australian actors on board, Black Hawk Downwould present an outsider's view on the American politics of war, but produced by the team who brought us Pearl Harborthe end result is a traditional American-Heroic war movie, relying more on special effects, gore and gun battles than character, emotion and politics.
In its favour Black Hawk Downdoes make an attempt to represent the views of the Somalian people. In one of its strongest scenes, a high-powered Somalian gun seller states; "This is our war not yours", but by the end of the film it's clear that this is merely a token gesture towards a non-Western perspective on the conflict. Many American soldiers lost their lives during this battle, and this movie is a fine tribute to these amazing men in one of the first big-budget films to expose modern Warfare.
As far as top billing goes, Josh Hartnett and Ewan McGregor hold no greater role than the rest of the cast. The standout performance comes from Ewen Bremner, who offers an unexpectedly comic turn against the bleak backdrop; but otherwise the limited character development highlights one of the film's main issues--that although these men are fighting for their country, when on the battlefield they stand together and no man is more important than any other (unless you're on the wrong side!). --Nikki Disney
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