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Behind Enemy Lines
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001) -- A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him.
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) -- Lt. Burnett is shot at while taking a short water break.
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001) -- A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   30,011 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jim Thomas (story) &
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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In War There Are Some Lines You Should Never Cross. more
Plot:
A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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(38 articles)
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Jon Monsarrat review: nothing special action flick more (386 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Owen Wilson ... Lt. Chris Burnett

Gene Hackman ... Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart

Gabriel Macht ... Stackhouse

Charles Malik Whitfield ... Capt. Rodway, USMC

David Keith ... Master Chief Tom O'Malley

Olek Krupa ... Miroslav Lokar

Joaquim de Almeida ... Admiral Piquet (as Joaquim De Almeida)
Vladimir Mashkov ... Sasha
Marko Igonda ... Bazda

Eyal Podell ... Petty Officer Kennedy
Geoffrey Pierson ... Admiral Donnelly (as Geoff Pierson)
Aernout Van Lynden ... Aernout Van Lynden

Sam Jaeger ... Red Crown Operator #1

Shane Johnson ... Red Crown Operator #2 (as Shane Mikael Johnson)
Don Winston ... Red Crown Operator #3
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for war violence and some language.
Runtime:
106 min
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Certification:
Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | UK:12 | South Korea:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Australia:M (original rating) | Ireland:12 | UK:15 (DVD/VHS release) | Ireland:15 (DVD/VHS release) | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38516) | Iceland:16

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Trivia:
The French paratroopers pictured in the movie actually wear their berets the wrong way around. French red-berets are the only troops, along with the Marine "fusiliers commandos" (green-berets) to wear the beret insignia on their right, whereas the ones depicted in the movie wear it on the left. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Burnett is sent to a rendezvous point for evacuation. He radios in when he reaches it and informs Reigart of this fact. However, when the radio contact goes down, Reigart orders his staff to "find out where he is" and triangulate his position, even though they know where he is: at the rendezvous point they told him to go to. more
Quotes:
Admiral Reigart: Let's go get our boy back! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006) more
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Buck Rogers more

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Jon Monsarrat review: nothing special action flick, 3 August 2002
6/10
Author: Jon Monsarrat (jonmon) from United States

I'm an action film buff, so I went into Behind Enemy Lines with a good attitude. I didn't need a deep and compelling storyline, or plot, characterization, or deep themes about life.

"Behind Enemy Lines" takes a stab at saying something about the nature of war at a distance (without getting ground troops involved), but it comes across as preachy and shallow. So really it is a straight action flick.

As such, it is not bad, but nothing special. Plenty of stuff blows up and gets shot, but there are also some drawn out scenes and some monotonous running.

Who should see this movie:

-- action film buffs, but only on a rainy day

I'll give "Behind Enemy Lines" a 6 out of 10, which is the highest rating I'll give a film I wish I'd skipped.

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