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Summary: Yuck
Review: Someone tell me why Gene Hackman took this role. If you are looking for the Bosnian equivilant of "Black Hawk Down" you are looking in the wrong place. If you are into totally unrealistic, jingoistic, shoot em up movies war movies then this is for you.
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Summary: Review
Review: This is a great movie that has non stop action and will keep you on the edege of your seat the whole time GREAT MOVIE
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Summary: Flight, pun intended...
Review: Lt. Chris Burnett is a bored Navy pilot that has requested release from the Navy, since the Navy never provided an opportunity for him to feel worthwhile. As a consequence he and his co-pilot are put on a holiday routine recognizance assignment while he is waiting for the paper work to process. During the flight, they stumble on activity within a demilitarized zone, which they check out after some persuasion by Burnett. This leads to a missile chase that ends with them being shot down behind enemy lines. Behind Enemy Lines offers suspense from the beginning to the end, which can cause mild fatigue of the viewer due to constant alertness.
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Summary: Ouch!
Review: Saw it in the theatre... Well. The kindest thing I can say about it, is that I saw it with someone who speaks a couple foreign languages. He said the translations were really well done. Other than that, it strains credability to the breaking point and then goes charging enthusiasticaly over the edge. But maybe I wasn't in the mood for it. It's supposed to be based on a true story. Sort of. Loosely. There was one scene... the most greusome scene in the movie, I won't say what because it's self evident... It was the only thing about the movie I believed and the only portion I liked. The hero is a blonde, stong-jawed mid-western American; he recklessly gets himself into trouble and is eventually saved by his hard-charging tough superior officer. The foreigners are suspicious, or helpless. It's very simplistic. But if you're looking for a patriotic film, this is it.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: Other reviewers are too critical of this movie and Owen Wilson. Of course he's not a world renowned actor. Who were you expecting, Tom Hanks? Wilson was a writer and filmmaker first, which is probably the only way he got in the spotlight. But can you honestly deny that the guy is hilarious? Everything I've seen him in is a riot. He just plays himself in every role he's done. In interviews he's the first to admit that he doesn't have much acting talent. I mean the guy was a English major in college. For him becoming a high-paid actor was probably never on the forecast back in the minimum-wage earning days. However, he does have a charismatic presence on screen, which is probably why he's not broke like many actors. Now Behind Enemy Lines probably isn't worth buying, especially if you have high standards for your collection. But, like most Hollywood cinema these days, it is entertaining and so it is worth renting or catching on TNT in 3 or 4 years. A good movie, not a great film.
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Summary: "The grandson of TOP GUN"
Review: This movie is really good if: you expect cool looks, effects, cutting, soundtrack, camera angels, slo-mo and "some jerry bruckheimer style". I won't explain the plot because it is not needed {considering here written adjectives..}. Being a Slovakian I must say that nobody has shot the beauties of the region looking so cool. Go then with flow and enjoy.
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Summary: Better than expected
Review: The trailers made this movie look rather cheesy, so my expectation were not that high for it. It is actually not that bad. Most of the movie was believable with only a few scenes that went over the top (James Bond action style). That said, if you crave realistic action then Black Hawk Down is a much better movie.
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Summary: The qualities of "Behind Enemy Lines"
Review: The good:
-A few good action scenes
-Hackman is a serious admiral The bad:
-All the other action scenes
-The story is some nonsense The strange:
-The admiral resigning at the end? After risking his life for that no-good pilot? Ain't that nonsense? The awards for:
-Worst Character-Owen Wilson's Character
-Best Character(s)-Hackman's and Charles Malik Whitfield's characters The overall:
I have seen better movies than this. If you like war movies, I recommend something better like "The Patriot" or something because this one is not the one.
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Summary: Better plug in the popcorn popper for this one.
Review: Don't watch this expecting anything more than an action-packed, melodramatic, shallow, attention-holding, rootin'-tootin', flag-wavin', cheesey, cat-and-mouse, shoot 'em up. You'll be disappointed. This is no Jane Austin adaptation. Or We Were Soldiers for that matter. There's not much serious drama going on here. Look elsewhere. Owen Wilson plays a Naval fighter plane's navigator. His performance is not Oscar-worthy, but more than adequate. He was funny and convincing. (I don't understand all the protests over the choice of him to play this character in these reviews. Who would they rather have? Stallone?) He and his pilot are shot down during a routine reconnaisance mission over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Gene Hackman plays the Admiral and commander of their carrier, and is handcuffed by NATO politics while trying to rescue his boys. The race is on to extract Wilson before he's caught by the... uh, Bosnians--err, no wait.. the Serbians--uh... whatever, the bad guys. I was pleasantly surprised by this films entertainment value. Yes, it's a bit of a Navy commercial, but it's done well and looks great. It's very fast-paced and loaded with thrills. It held my attention throughout. The special effects were impressive, albeit rather cheesey in their implementation. Like a whole battalion shooting at a one running man and never hitting him. But it's spirit and thrills makes up for that type of deus ex machina convention. The effects sequence where their plane was being chased by a surface-to-air missile was nearly as good as can be done. The picture and audio quality of the DVD are top notch. I've listened with only the DTS audio on, but I'm sure you'll find the other options done well also. The extras are a little spare, offering commentary, a short "featurette", and a couple trailers. Overall I give this a 4 because it succeeds at entertaining, which is too infrequent of a quality in movies.
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Summary: Owen.......No!
Review: Dear god, what in heavens name was the director thinking! casting owen wilson as the hero in a movie about the war in Bosnia. This was a bloody awful movie, except perhaps for some of the cinematography, which was pretty cool. But seriously, a really good platform to make a movie about, with real potential to show the american people how it was over there, and they go and give the part to that bumbling twerp, with his annoying smirk and ski slope sized conk, he totally ruined the movie, stick to silly teenage movies owen, thats where you are best suited. Oh! by the way the movie was not too bad, just spoiled by his stoopid lookin' mug.
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