As the movie “BlackHawk Down” opens, a plain black screen appears and white text calmly explains that the movie is based on real events, this is definitely true on so many levels. “BlackHawk Down” is the story of one of the most successful military fights in United States history. This fight was between U.S. troops and Somali fighters on the streets of Mogadishu in 1993 after an attempt to capture two of Mohammed Farah Aidid's senior subordinates which went sour. This marvel of war movie’s was directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Columbia Pictures in 2001.
“BlackHawk Down” has many, many characters that appear on the film, none of which that you get too much detail on. Most of the soldiers are just another soldier and you don’t get much clue on their personality or past, this is one of the movies only minuses. But there are a few characters that get some character build-up and you feel some connection to. The first of them being, Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a pencil pushing, office guy who has a thing for making coffee. Somehow, he is recruited after a shortage of men hits the base. So away he goes, out to war, not a clue what he is doing but he sure knows how to make coffee. Grimes, is the typical desk guy that takes his job way too serious, no realization of the real world. So when he goes out to war, he gets a harsh reality check of how the world works, the whole time, he laughs his way through it all. During the battle, he is the resident coffee guru, always insisting that coffee must be ground the right way. “It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger. Now it's "Grimesy, black, one sugar" or "Grimesy, got a powdered anywhere?" He is a mid built guy, with blonde hair and...