25.Shortly after 9/11, Sony bumped up the release date for their $100 million epic about the incident in Somalia that left 19 American soldiers and seemingly 10 million Somalis dead. The film's accelerated release date was the first of many elements exploiting America's newfound patriotism. Is "BHD" jingoistic? Maybe, but I have trouble accusing a film of glorifying war when I leave the theater scared shitless of getting drafted. Is it racist? Sorta. The "skinnies" get very little screen time when they're not being tore up by America's finest and little explanation of their plight makes it into the film.
So why is it number 25? "BHD" is the most immersive war film ever made. That's all you see. Ridley Scott weaves an impressive display of warfare on a scale that has never gotten its due. That's what people seemed to miss. The pure assault on the senses, the overwhelming amount of action, created a strangely objective view on war.
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