Behind Enemy Lines

2001 "His only weapon is his will to survive."
6.4| 1h46m| PG-13| en
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While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

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BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
veritasguru Behind Enemy Lines is one of the most underrated movies of all time. Owen Wilson delivers a performance of a lifetime; Gene Hackman is his stalwart best and I fail to comprehend why this movie does not stand among the ranks of popular titles such as Black Hawk Down and American Sniper since you will find this movie as exciting and recounts the true sequence of events that led to the U.S. bombing of Serbia. The plot builds in the final stages of the Serbian invasion of Bosnia in 1995 and how an American F/A-18 veers off cours (as part of NATO mission on recon missions documenting all they witnessed) spots war machine buildup - the Serbians running a charade of lie, deceit and ethnic cleansing of the Bosnian people didn't want this secret to be out, send potent Russian SAMs and bring down the U.S. jet. The Serbs locate the ejected pilots while murdering one look for the other (Navy flight officer Lieutenant Chris Burnett), who is now on the run for his life) while blame the whole episode on the Bosnians. Then ensues one of the most heart-pounding chase of Burnett by the barbaric Serbian forces. The movies attempts to show with restraint and bravado, the real tale of the Serbian leadership committing war crimes and genocide of the Bosnian people with Slobodan Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic at the helm and their murdering forces who ravage Bosnia with the cover of fake diplomacy and lobbying with help from the Russians. This diplomatic scheme prevents the U.S. to officially recover Burnett and/or take any action. Back aboard USS Carl Vinson Admiral Reigart (Gene Hackman) appears helpless in recovery of his pilot since all his patriotic attempts were thwarted by a corrupt ranking French Admiral (Joaquim De Almeida) overrules any discussion leading to recovery of Lieutenant Burnett. This movies combines the trails of diplomatic jousting with heart-stopping on the ground war action in what can be termed as an epic and deserved more viewership if not on the account of a solid war movie then on the merits of bringing the truth to the fore about the genocide of the Bosnian people and the bold steps taken by President Bill Clinton with U.S.-led airstrikes against a terrorist regime of Serbia and helping end the rape and murder of innocent Bosnian people and for that Director John Moore and Writer Jim Thomas deserve a lot of credit. In my books this movie ranks among the very best and on the merits of the movie itself deserves 7.8/10In closing this is the best 106 mins. of entertainment and educating that you can bring to your couch and understand the basics of American intervention and eventually appreciate why America is the voice of all disadvantaged people of this world.
Tracy Winters Gene Hackman is one of America's finest actors. As for the rest of the mundane cast in this predictable fish-stink, 99% of it reeks.Owen Wilson (with his jacked-up nose and bad speech impediment) is featured as a navy flier who 'doesn't like to follow rules'.... gee, where have we heard that before? There's a Tom Cruise look-a-like on the ship and just like Cruise, this guy can't act either.Some of the idiotic shenanigans in the film include navy deck personnel playing football using the aircraft catapults, Wilson yelling out in enemy territory to his injured buddy, then leaving him sitting in an open field (instead of helping him to the cover of the nearby forest), navy enlisted fools holding push-up contests in the isles of the dining hall floor, and a moronic rescue underling punching a hole in the war room map.Hollywood half-wit film-makers' zillionth opportunity to take liberties in portraying the American military as a group of dumbbells.
Richard Dominguez I Never thought I Would Ever See Owen Wilson In Anything I Could Give Him Real Respect For But This Is It ... I Don't Understand The Bad Reviews, Maybe I Don't Understand Them Because I Still Believe In An America Where People Still Care About Each Others ... An America Where The People In Authority, The Ones That Can Effect Positive Change One Day Look In The Mirror And Say The Hell With The Rules, Politics, The Money, The Greater Good, 'I Have To Do Whats Right' ... Owen Is Excellent And Gene Hackman Is As Always Magnificent (As Good As He Was In "Uncommon Valor" My Favorite War Movie) ... The Action Was Believable And The Scenery Certainly Fit The Story Line ... This Was A Well Rounded, Very Well Told And Wonderfully Acted Movie
tigersbleedblue Behind enemy lines is an intriguing movie. If it was based on a true story, I could see why people would be so "critical". Well folks, it's not based on true events and it's just a movie. We don't have to break down why an Admiral puts forth an order for no search and rescue or why sailors on the deck are playing football. The movie to me is not considered a war movie but more of a survival movie.I thought Owen Wilson did a great job , Considering that he is more of a comedic actor.I served in the Navy and I'm not going to sit here and analyze a simple movie based on what's real and what's not. I liked the action , the sense of survival and the storyline. It's not a great movie but a type of movie to pass the time and keep you intrigued.Although it's 2016, I still enjoy watching this movie.