Behind Enemy Lines
starring: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Olek Krupa, David Keith, Vladimir Mashkov
directed by: John Moore
directed by: John Moore
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WHEN A U.S. NAVY PILOT IS SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIA, HE MUST STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF HOSTILE SERBIAN FORCES. WITH TIME RUNNING OUT, HIS COMMANDER DEFIES STRICT NATO DIRECTIVES AND LAUNCHES A RENEGADE RESCUE MISSION TO BRING AN AMERICAN HERO HOME.
Amazon.com:
Smart casting and sensible plotting make Behind Enemy Lines an above-average military thriller. Perfectly timed to bolster patriotism, the film is partly set (during a hypothetical "day after tomorrow") on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson, which was on alert status in the Persian Gulf when this film was released. Proving his versatility as an unconventional movie star, Owen Wilson plays a navy navigator who is shot down over Bosnia during a reconnaissance mission. Pursued by rebel Serbian forces, Wilson must fight for survival while his commanding officer (Gene Hackman) plots a daredevil rescue. After a successful career in TV commercials, Irish director John Moore makes a promising feature debut on Slovakian locations, borrowing a few techniques from Saving Private Ryan while adding impressive flourishes of his own. The gung-ho ending's a foregone conclusion, but it works like a charm after the movie's exciting game of cat and mouse. --Jeff Shannon
WHEN A U.S. NAVY PILOT IS SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIA, HE MUST STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF HOSTILE SERBIAN FORCES. WITH TIME RUNNING OUT, HIS COMMANDER DEFIES STRICT NATO DIRECTIVES AND LAUNCHES A RENEGADE RESCUE MISSION TO BRING AN AMERICAN HERO HOME.
Amazon.com:
Smart casting and sensible plotting make Behind Enemy Lines an above-average military thriller. Perfectly timed to bolster patriotism, the film is partly set (during a hypothetical "day after tomorrow") on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson, which was on alert status in the Persian Gulf when this film was released. Proving his versatility as an unconventional movie star, Owen Wilson plays a navy navigator who is shot down over Bosnia during a reconnaissance mission. Pursued by rebel Serbian forces, Wilson must fight for survival while his commanding officer (Gene Hackman) plots a daredevil rescue. After a successful career in TV commercials, Irish director John Moore makes a promising feature debut on Slovakian locations, borrowing a few techniques from Saving Private Ryan while adding impressive flourishes of his own. The gung-ho ending's a foregone conclusion, but it works like a charm after the movie's exciting game of cat and mouse. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Realistic? Heck no. Fun? Definitely!
Navy pilot Lt. Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) is bored out of his mind. All he ever does is run exercises or fly routine reconnaissance missions for a war he doesn't even truly understand. Until one day when he and his co-pilot, Stackhouse, are shot down by two surface-to-air missiles over Serbia. After parachuting down, Burnett begins to walk up a hill to try and get a better signal on his radio. As he nears the top of the hill, he notices that Stackhouse is being questioned by a Serbian rebel army. ... Read More
Rating: 
- Not very believable.
The hero is a reckless fool, and the villians are all incompetent. This movie is somewhat entertaining, but is just not in any kind of reality.
When he's being shot at hundreds of times, and goes through a minefield, he wouldn't have made it. It's called shrapnel.
Even forgetting about shrapnel, the darn explosions hit him directly half a dozen times and he keeps running.
Gene Hackman, and the jet plane scene were the highpoint. You might squeeze 2 1/2 stars ... Read More
Rating: - Uhhhh, why did I get this?
This is a one time rental movie and thats about it. I will say that the sound effects are very cool and even better when in surround.
Rating: - Great title for action fans...Awesome sound effects even in Dolby Pro Logic Surround
I first saw this movie on DVD the first time several years ago and then when I saw that it had come to Blu-Ray, I knew that I had to buy it. I was kind of disappointed with the picture quality, but then again I was only using 1080i due to a problem with my monitor. If I can manage to find an HDMI-DVI cable that works in 1080p I might post another comment in here so stay tuned. A few scenes were awesome in high definition especially the ones where the F-18 is being pursued by a couple of SAMS (surface ... Read More
Rating: 
- Behind Ememy Lines
This is a good to very good film.Cast is very good. Visuals are great on Blu-Ray.
- Realistic? Heck no. Fun? Definitely!Navy pilot Lt. Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) is bored out of his mind. All he ever does is run exercises or fly routine reconnaissance missions for a war he doesn't even truly understand. Until one day when he and his co-pilot, Stackhouse, are shot down by two surface-to-air missiles over Serbia. After parachuting down, Burnett begins to walk up a hill to try and get a better signal on his radio. As he nears the top of the hill, he notices that Stackhouse is being questioned by a Serbian rebel army. ... Read More
- Not very believable.The hero is a reckless fool, and the villians are all incompetent. This movie is somewhat entertaining, but is just not in any kind of reality.
When he's being shot at hundreds of times, and goes through a minefield, he wouldn't have made it. It's called shrapnel.
Even forgetting about shrapnel, the darn explosions hit him directly half a dozen times and he keeps running.
Gene Hackman, and the jet plane scene were the highpoint. You might squeeze 2 1/2 stars ... Read More
- Uhhhh, why did I get this?This is a one time rental movie and thats about it. I will say that the sound effects are very cool and even better when in surround.
- Great title for action fans...Awesome sound effects even in Dolby Pro Logic SurroundI first saw this movie on DVD the first time several years ago and then when I saw that it had come to Blu-Ray, I knew that I had to buy it. I was kind of disappointed with the picture quality, but then again I was only using 1080i due to a problem with my monitor. If I can manage to find an HDMI-DVI cable that works in 1080p I might post another comment in here so stay tuned. A few scenes were awesome in high definition especially the ones where the F-18 is being pursued by a couple of SAMS (surface ... Read More
- Behind Ememy LinesThis is a good to very good film.Cast is very good. Visuals are great on Blu-Ray.
