Directed by:
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Josh Hartnett as Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann
Eric Bana as Delta Sergeant 1st Class Norm "Hoot" Hooten
Tom Sizemore as Delta Lt. Colonel Danny McKnight
Ewan McGregor as Specialist Danny Grimes
Sam Shepard as Major General William Garrison
William Fichtner as Delta Sergeant 1st Class Jeff Sanderson
Jason Isaacs as Captain Mike Steele
Ewen Bremner as Specialist Shawn Nelson
Tom Hardy as Specialist Lance Twombly
Charlie Hofheimer as Corporal Jamie Smith

• We learn from the time provided that the fateful raid begins at 3:45 PM. It's a beautiful scene as the copters lift off and fly in formation against a backdrop of either a setting or rising sun. The sun's just above the horizon in the long shots. Yet, when a copter sets down during the raid, it only casts a shadow beneath it, as the sun is directly overhead. (Theatre) - Kieth Moreland

• The star-shaped crimps of the blank .308 cal. ammo in Sgt. Twombly's M-60 machine gun are visible. (Theatre) - Kieth Moreland
  • Addition: Both Sgt. Twombly and Sgt. Nelson will have blank ammo visible, alternately, in the scene. - Kieth Moreland

• One of the first Samoli Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) fired at the ground troops has a very visible wire that it's attached to, throughout its flight. (These four things being said...still a great film! Read the book, too!) The clue that the goof scene is coming will be when Sgt. Grimes is warned to, "keep away from the walls." (Theatre) - Kieth Moreland

• In the beginning of the movie, the guy that gets into the helicopter with his mountain bike has cool Oakley sunglasses (red reflective lenses) called x metal Romeo or Juliet. These didn't exist until about 1999! (Theatre) - goofie man

• During the movies on of the characters wears Oakley Juliet sunglasses. This movie was supposed to be depicted in the year 1993. Juliets were first brought out in the year 2000. (Theatre) - Rod
  

• At the point where Pila is getting hit, the collum is driving towards the sea, but after an explosion the sea has disappeared and is replace by more road. (DVD) - Michael

• When they do a top down aerial shot of one of the helicopters. It is a huey, but it's suppose to be a Black Hawk. This is because they originally filmed with Hueys in place of Black Hawks. (Revealing mistakes) - Kyle

Corrected Goofs

• The U.S. Flag patch, on all the U.S. soldiers right shoulder of their uniforms, is backwards. (Theatre) - Hugh
  • Correction: Well, My Father was in the Navy and we saw the movie together. I noticed that the American Flags were backwards on the soldiers uniforms. In the U.S. armed forces all flags are backwards. If you ever watch something like a documentary on TV you will see that the flags are backwards. - Ben
  • Correction: Vietnam veterans, having the American flag patches on their right shoulder, started wearing them with the field of stars toward their chests and not facing their backs. So the flags on the soldiers uniforms are not backwards. - jimmers
    • Correction: US Troops wear the flags so as to give the appearance that the flag is flying in the wind as they walk forward. This is the reason that it appears to be "backwards" when worn on the right sleeve. Flags are also depicted in similar fashion when painted on aircraft. - MarineOneMP
• At the first crash site, the Somali's have stopped firing to participate in evening prayer. All is silent as one of the soldiers runs to safety down the street. You can see bullets skipping behind him on the ground, but, no noise. The Somali's don't start shooting until the last soldier breaks from cover. - Lenny
  • Correction: The puffs of dust are not the result of bullets, but rather from pebbles/stones being kicked up by Yurek's boots as he runs. The shadows have changed when Nelson runs, but you can still see the same puffs of dust again. Perhaps the goof is in the lighting between the two scenes. All in all, amazingly well done with the potential so high for mistakes. (DVD) - bushman

• When Chalk 4 is finishing their rope, Eversmann's goggles are on his helmet. When Blackburn is about to go, an RPG is fired. After Eversmann yells "RPG!", and the Blackhawk moves, Blackburn falls. Eversmann looks down and has his goggles over his eyes. The next scene they are back on his helmet. (DVD) - Jonathan
  • Correction: Actually when Blackburn falls, Eversmann watches him fall then puts his goggles on. - Helwood