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Summary: TERRIBLE!!! MOVIE NEEDS TO STAY BEHIND ENEMY LINES!
Review: I stayed up until 12:30am on a work night to watch this lousy movie. Sure it is a patriotic them, but the story is lame and unbelievable. The characters (Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman) were WEAK! The writing and story was WEAK. The action was okay. Don't buy this movie! Don't rent it! If someone has it, then you may want to borrow it for free. It wasn't worth my money. I'm just glad I didn't waste my money watching this in the theater. If you want a believable and powerful and intense and patriotic war movie, get "Black Hawk Down".
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Summary: Ho Hum. More Hollywood Rubbish
Review: If you want mindless action and your're not discerning, then this may be the film for you. Personally, I found it to be a big disappointment. The characters (including Hackman's) were shallow and the film was replete with technical inaccuracies. The only character worth cheering for was the 'bad' guy!Sorry. This is a classic 'B' movie.
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Summary: Don't bother - another shallow, inaccurate military movie
Review: It was terrible. I suppose if you knew nothing about the military or escape & evasion or survival techniques, you might find it exciting. However, if you have been exposed to the previously listed concepts, you will find the movie a waste of time. I hate movies that make the military look like idiots and that is what this movie does. The main character exercises the worst judgement and is an embarrassment. Virtually everthing he does is contrary to survival principles. On the positive side, it was patriotic. Gene Hackman was, as always, a good actor.
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Summary: An action packed thrill ride with some great special effects
Review: If you are an action fiend, you will want to add this movie to your collection. Behind Enemy Lines is just average military thriller movie starring Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman and a pretty good ensemble cast. The story of the movie is pretty simple. Owen Wilson is a Navy pilot/navigator assigned on the aircraft carrier U.S.S Carl Vinson captained by Gene Hackman. The carrier is deployed to support the NATO effort in the Bosnia conflict. During a recon mission, Owen and his pilot stray into the DMZ and discover the Bosnian Serbs covering up a mass grave. After being discovered, the Serbs deploy Surface to Air missiles and shoot down the F-18. When the F-18 flies over the Bosnian, they fire up several SAM's to shoot down the plane. What follows next is some of the best action film sequences I have even seen. The F-18 is being pursued by 2 SAM's that eventually end up getting the plane which requires the pilot and navigator to eject and land in enemy territory. While on the ground, the movie gets interesting as Owen Wilson is pursed by rebel Serbian forces and a trained killer as he tries to make to one of the safe zones for extraction. In one of the lighter parts of this movie, Owen Wilson is rescued by a bunch of Croat Muslims as he is being chased by the Serb sniper. One of the guys is an Elvis impersonator while the other young guy in the back is an Ice Cube fan. As he's sitting in the back of the pickup truck, this young Croat is admiring his 9mm sidearm. Turns out this guy is big fan of hip-hop and rap and start rapping. It's pretty funny, but I guess you just have to see it. Everything eventually ends well and the rescue team does come and get him making this a fun joyful ride. The special effects are great and you must watch this movie with your volume cranked up. This is a great movie to show off your receivers and speakers.
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Summary: Not What I expected AT ALL
Review: This movie was great for about the first 30 or 45 minutes of the movie. Afer that, the rest was incredibly predictable! It was similiar to the 1970's film "BAt 21" in most aspects, but other than that, you could tell what was going to happen. I agree that it was an excellent movie with great sounds and effects, but the plot was unbelievibly corny!!! I only bought it on DVD to watch the missile chase scene and thats it! I also belive that, just like the critics, another person should have been picked for the lead character. Even though Owen Wilson acts tough at times, his facial expressions are as bad as the writing in this movie. All in all, "Behind Enemy Lines" is a great movie with endless possibilities, but no plot. If you want to see a great war-action movie, go see "Black Hawk Down".
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Summary: Definitely worth a rental...
Review: Ok, all the ex-military viewers who have been in similar (very rare) situations have chimed in about how the dialogue did not fit the situation. Or else that was just a bunch of movie watchers that object to things being said differently than Rambo would have said it. Either way, consider the possibility that it takes a pretty cool customer to survive that type of situation. This movie combined many of the new directing techniques that have been evolving in the last few years. They contribute to the energy and (I'm assuming) the realism of some action scenes, which are pretty spectacular in this movie. The plot had enough twists to make it unique and interesting compared to many of the past "find the lost soldier" films over the years. It added some depth to the story. Granted the bad guys couldn't shoot straight, but they didn't have too many clear opportunities (until the end), and John Wayne got famous battling gunmen who apparently lost all motor skills upon drawing their weapons. The ending belonged in a James Bond film, all we needed was a babe pulling him into the helicopter. I was pleased enough with the rest of the movie to overlook that.
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Summary: The sound makes it !
Review: I found the story and acting to be a little above average, but the DTS surround sound is what makes this a 4 star dvd. What a great disc to show off the surround sound equipment!
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Summary: Behind enemy lines~DISSAPOINTING~
Review: This movie really [stunk] big, lots of plot holes and some very not real action very unreal. Dont see this movie unless you want alot of action. The action was pretty good. Just fake. Owen wilson was very disapointing and hackman just didnt seem as good, didnt put in much effort~
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Summary: Intense, fast-paced, high action, unrealistic. I loved it!
Review: Remember the news item a few years ago about an American Air Force pilot who was shot down over Bosnia and eventually rescued? Well, this is NOT his story. The only similarity is the concept. That said, you can relax and enjoy this film for what it is - a wartime rescue thriller. Starring Owen Wilson as Chris Burnett, a navy pilot in Bosnia and Gene Hackman as the seasoned Admiral Reigart who has to report to a French NATO commander, this film was directed by the young Tim Moore, known for directing SEGA commercials. No wonder it has such intense and non-stop high energy. Gene Hackman's performance shines as he is constantly torn between doing what he thinks is right and following orders and adds a very human dimension to the film - so much so that it actually brought tears to my eyes. I also was kept at the edge of my seat by the constant tension as the pilot first watches his partner being executed and then is the object of a chase by what looks like the entire Serbian army. The technical effects are outstanding and I felt the pilot's fear, panic and quick decisions as he dodges a wide variety of explosive devices and bullets. Of course it's preposterous. But the film moves so quickly and things happen so fast that I had no time to ponder the actual reality of what was going on. Instead, I was drawn right into the film and felt I was right by his side as he ran for his life. Yes, the outcome is predictable. And the ending, which will leave people thinking this was a true story, is deceptive. Forget about historical accuracy. And forget about reality. Just think of this of an escape film with a large enough budget to make the experience an exaggerated version of real life.
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Summary: Behind Enemy Behinds
Review: This above average military-techno-action thriller and recruitment tool was entertaining stuff. By combining small elements of "Top Gun", "Bat 21", and even "The Terminator", and "True Lies", this movie aimed for a demographic bullseye for the studio's target audience of the moment, and fully aware of that demographic's limited attention span, wrapped up the digital/celluloid action in something less than 2 hours. Always dependable Gene Hackman was excellent as the hard bitten and frustrated Admiral Riegart. I especially liked the fresh face of Owen Wilson as a recalcitrant Navy officer/mouse locked in a game of survival with a pack of ruthless Balkan cats. I still don't exactly know who the enemy/insurgents were supposed to be, was it the Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, or Muslims? Everyone seemed to play interchangeable roles. In the end, I guess it really didn't make much difference as the point of the excercise was keep it entertaining and keep it moving along. I don't know where they shot the location photography for this movie either but they made me believe it could be the heart of the former Yugoslavia. But the point of the exercise was to celebrate and demonstrate America's superior position as the world's greatest military force and rescuer of hapless pilots. Some of the awesome special effects strained credulity, but nevertheless, the movie as a whole succeeded in providing tantalizing insights into various intellegence gathering techniques at our country's disposal. The predictable ending had just the right amount of pop-corn selling, testesterone elevating elements to make any red-blooded American boy want to sign up for duty. Oh well, war IS hell, but we do love it anyway, don't we?
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