BEHIND ENEMY LINES (2001)

JOHN MOORE

War Action/Adventure Thriller Trains, Planes & Boats

Cast

JIM THOMAS JOHN THOMAS OWEN WILSON GENE HACKMAN GABRIEL MACHT CHARLES MALIK WHITFIELD JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA DAVID KEITH OLEK KRUPA VLADIMIR MASHKOV MARKO IGONDA EYAL PODELL GEOFFREY PIERSON AERNOUT VAN LYNDEN SAM JAEGER SHANE JOHNSON DON WINSTON

Plot

Chris Burnett is a cocky US Navy pilot disillusioned with the tedious reality of his job. While flying over Bosnia on a reconnaissance mission he is shot down and so begins the adventure of his life as he runs from one near death experience to the next, attempting to reach a rescue rendezvous before he is killed for the UN violations he has witnessed. Behind Enemy Lines is a preposterously jingoistic and cheesy slab of Hollywood cinema, but despite some stomach churning lines and an instrumental sound track someone should be killed for, it's a darn entertaining movie, pacey, with some very slick action sequences and a likeable lead.