'Malbatt: Misi Bakara' sets the record straight of rescue mission featured in Hollywood movie 'Black Hawk Down'

'Malbatt: Misi Bakara' opens at cinemas nationwide on Aug 24. Photos: Handout

Adrian Teh first watched the 2001 flick Black Hawk Down when he was 17 years old.

Although he loved the war movie, he didn’t know then that Malaysian Armed Forces were involved in the real-life event depicted in Ridley Scott’s film as this fact was simply left out.