Behind Enemy Lines
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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.
What critics thought
Critics found Behind Enemy Lines a mixed bag at best — panned for jingoism, implausible plotting, and video-game-style visual excess, while audiences were considerably more forgiving. The gap between the critical drubbing and the warm crowd reception is the real story here.
“Its hero is so reckless and its villains so incompetent that it's a showdown between a man begging to be shot, and an enemy that can't hit the side of a Bosnian barn.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“steel-toed, tin-eared, flat-footed, jingoistic”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John MooreDirector
Owen WilsonLt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
Gene HackmanAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Gabriel MachtLt. Jeremy 'Smoke' Stackhouse
Olek KrupaGeneral Miroslav Lokar
Vladimir MashkovTracker (Sasha)
Marko IgondaBazda
David KeithMaster Chief Tom O'Malley
Charles Malik WhitfieldCapt. Glen Rodway, USMC
Eyal PodellPetty Officer Kennedy
Joaquim de AlmeidaAdmiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
Geoff PiersonAdmiral Donnelly
Kamil KollárikBabic ('Ice Cube')
Don DavisComposer
Zak PennWriter
David VelozWriterBehind Enemy Lines
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.
What critics thought
Critics found Behind Enemy Lines a mixed bag at best — panned for jingoism, implausible plotting, and video-game-style visual excess, while audiences were considerably more forgiving. The gap between the critical drubbing and the warm crowd reception is the real story here.
“Its hero is so reckless and its villains so incompetent that it's a showdown between a man begging to be shot, and an enemy that can't hit the side of a Bosnian barn.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“steel-toed, tin-eared, flat-footed, jingoistic”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John MooreDirectorOwen WilsonLt. Chris 'Longhorn' BurnettGene HackmanAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle GroupGabriel MachtLt. Jeremy 'Smoke' StackhouseOlek KrupaGeneral Miroslav LokarVladimir MashkovTracker (Sasha)Marko IgondaBazdaDavid KeithMaster Chief Tom O'MalleyCharles Malik WhitfieldCapt. Glen Rodway, USMCEyal PodellPetty Officer KennedyJoaquim de AlmeidaAdmiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval CommandGeoff PiersonAdmiral DonnellyKamil KollárikBabic ('Ice Cube')Don DavisComposerZak PennWriterDavid VelozWriterStream
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