《黑鹰坠落》:荒诞而伟大的史诗很久没有遇到能让我久久沉浸在感动之中的电影了,而我也不曾想到《黑鹰追落》会是这样一部电影。影片根据1993年索马利亚摩加迪休战争中美军代号为“Irene”的一次抓捕行动改编,抓捕行动因为游骑兵大队新兵Blackburn的意外坠机而演变成一场噩梦,没能按计划撤离的美军受到索马里人的倾城围攻,两架黑鹰战机接连坠落,一百多名士兵在地狱般的摩加迪休展开救援行动,经过15小时激战,在联合国维和部队的协助下艰难突围。"Only the dead have seen the end of war."这是影片的开篇字幕,柏拉图的这句话实在难懂。寥寥几个镜头和几行字幕,交代了美方出兵索马利亚的原因,这是个满地饿殍,充斥着杀戮的世界,而军阀Aidid便是这一切罪恶的根源。美国人又一次干涉别国内政了,这在国人看来是必须谴责的,不过“达则兼济天下”,站在美国人的立场,是不可能对这种带有种族屠杀性质的内战坐视不管的,推广美式民主是他们的义务。而实际上美国军方也并未实际卷入战争,他们只试图抓住Aidid结束混乱的局面。为了断Aidid后路,军方Garrison将军先抓了为Aidid提供军火的Atto。将军和他的对话直白的体现出彼此的分歧:Attor:"I do know something about history.See all this,it"s simply shaping tomorrow,a tomorrow without a lot of Aikansas white boy"s idea in it.This is civil war,this is our war,not yours."Garrison:"300000 dead and counting.That"s not a war,Mr Atto,that"s genocide(屠杀)."你不能质疑美方的善意,我完全赞同他们人权高于主权的理念,但被屠杀的一方真的能领情?“In Somalia,killing is negotiation,Do you really think if you get General Aidid,we will simply put down our weapons,and adopt American democracy?That the killing wll stop?We know this:without victory,there can be no peace.There will always be killing,you see?This is how things are in our world."这是另一个索马利亚人的话,这就更说明,民主不是强加的,对于索马利亚这样的国家,只能让他们在镇痛中自我进步,屠杀也只能由它去了。美国的悲哀就在于此,以为能改变什么,实际却越搞越糟......着实很悲凉。而作为实际执行任务的美国三角洲部队和游骑兵大队的士兵们,更是各自怀揣着不同的目的踏上非洲大陆的。"Look,these people,they have no jobs,no food,no education,no future.I just figure that,I mean,we have two things that we can do.We can help,or we can sit back and watch the country destroy itself on CNN""Right?""I don"t know about you guys,but I was trained to fight,are you trained to fight,Sergeant? ""well,I think I was trained to make a difference."那个希望能给这片土地带来改变的就是游骑兵大队中士Matt(Josh Hartnet饰),虽然是领队,其实自己和其他队员一样没有实战经验,战前作为长官询问新兵Blackburn(Orlando Bloom饰)临战状态那段挺滑稽:Blackburn:"Excited.In a good way.I"ve been training my whole life for this"Matt:"You ever shot at anybody before?"Blackburn:"No,sir"Matt:"Me neither."Ewan McGregor饰演的游骑兵大队打字员John从海湾战争开始一直负责队内内勤,颇有“怀才不遇”之感,而他能参与此次行动是因为一名队员打乒乓时弄伤了手。总而言之,游骑兵大队这些训练有素的年轻小伙们个个都充满激情,准备大干一场。战前对索马利亚人枪法的嘲笑虽可视为降压,但显然也能说明这帮毛孩太轻敌了。而以Hoot为代表的三角洲部队老兵们则显然淡定的多,虽然他们也未必料到之后形势会那么险恶,但他们至少做了相当的万一出事的打算,而且他们的期望也仅仅是把所有人都活着带回来。“Rangers(游骑兵) lead the way!”“All the way!”、“Fuck Irene!”,美式口号很雷人。然后便是将近100分钟(片长)的索马利亚之战了,事故很突然,因为对Blackburn的救援,一切计划都打乱了,菜鸟Blackburn也确实倒霉,出师未捷身先“死”(从直升机绳索栽下不省人事),黑鹰战机因此被火箭炮击落,“Super Six was shot down! I repeat, we got a black hawk down!" 。。。"We got a black hawk down",黑鹰坠落,噩梦开始。类似于《拯救大兵瑞恩》的救援开始了,几队人马穿梭在到处都是索马利亚暴民的街道,悍马车队一路遭到疯狂阻击,很快就有了第一个阵亡的士兵。救援行动步履维艰,一百多名美军士兵面对的是五千多武装的索马利亚暴民,伤亡开始加剧,第二架黑鹰坠落......Matt和他率领的部分游骑兵在第一架黑鹰坠毁处设立了防线,而第二架黑鹰被索马利亚人围攻,第三架黑鹰上的Gary和Randy中士主动请缨下去救援,再三恳请后被批准,于是乎两位在第二架黑鹰残骸上演了一幕英雄悲歌,寡不敌众的他们死得很惨,生还的直升机驾驶员Michael被俘。美军在城市中分散各处,两拨游骑兵队员差点误伤:A:"Rangers(游骑兵)?"B:"who?"A:"It"s Yurek!You fucking assholes!"B:"Fuck!Dude,we almost fucking kiiled you!,Come to us!"A:"fuck you,come to me."还是忍不住笑了。夜幕降临,个队人马在Matt所设防线集合等待联合国装甲车救援,难得的平静之后是激烈的夜战,悲壮气氛再次提升,空军和地面装甲部队的支援总算将局势稳定,噩梦终于要结束了。100分钟枪林弹雨的积淀,当一切构成感动的因素齐备,托出写意的结尾。一夜的鏖战,盼来了黎明,联合国维和部队的装甲车载着美军冲出了地狱之城,十几个没能坐上车的游骑兵队员一路小跑,一路抵挡着最后的零星袭击,晨曦中,蜂拥而至的索马里平民夹道“欢送”体能接近透支的大兵们,人数的反差,表情的反差,在慢镜头和喧嚣渐弱背景音乐渐起的氛围中,满是无尽的凄凉和复杂的情绪。而临近结束,在汉斯基墨带有杀手锏性质的配乐中,三角洲部队老兵Hoot和游骑兵大队中士Matt各自奉上一席真挚的感言,令人感慨让人动容:Matt:"You"re going back in?"Hoot:"There are still man out there."Hoot:"When I go home,and people ask me:"Hey,Hoot,why do you do it,man?why?You some kind of war junkie?"......I won"t say a goddamn word......why?......They won"t understand......They won"t understand why we do it.They won"t understand it"s about the men next to you ......And that"s it......That"s all it is."(Hoot在基地用餐之后准备跟另一队人马回城搜寻剩余同伴。)"‘Why are you going to fight somebody else"s war,what,do you all think you"are heroes?"I didn"t know what to say at the time,but if he ask me again,I"d say no,I"d say there"s no way in hell.Nobody asks to be a hero,it just sometimes turns out that way."(Matt面对即将被送回本土的战友的灵柩)正如Matt在结尾所说:“Nobody asks to be a hero,it just sometimes turns out that way.”《黑鹰坠落》本不是一部英雄的赞歌,但相信每个看过影片的观众都会被这群美国军人感动:为年轻的游骑兵大队感动,为他们的率真、乐天,关键时刻不掉链子;为三角洲部队的老兵感动,为他们勇担责任,默默付出的硬汉本色;为Garrison将军感动,为那一句"Your mission is to bring them all back. Leave no men behind!" ,为他强忍悲痛跪在医院地板擦拭血迹。美军共阵亡19名战士,索马利亚方面一千人死亡。这就是文明和荒蛮碰撞的代价。《黑鹰坠落》,强烈推荐。
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