New York Times
"...There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott..." 12/28/2001 p.E1USA Today
"...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art..." 12/28/2001 p.9D Rolling Stone
"...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..." 01/31/2001 p.57-8 Variety
"...[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..." 12/10/2001 p.31-5 Sight and Sound
"...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..." 02/01/2002 p.41 Box Office
"...Well-made..." 03/01/2002 p.61 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Gripping, incisive....An attempt to record as accurately as possible what it was like to be under fire on that mission..." 03/31/2002 p.5 Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he aerial photography of Black Hawks sweeping across the coastline is stunning....Technically the film is excellent..." 07/01/2007 p.19 | 
