Behind Enemy Lines (1997)

Director:

Mark Griffiths

Writers:

Andrew Osborne (screenplay) &
Dennis Cooley (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

23 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Mike Weston
Chris Mulkey	...	Jones
Mark Carlton	...	Col. Wolfe
Mushond Lee	...	Luther
Hillary Matthews	...	Kat
Courtney Gains	...	Church
Maury Sterling	...	Donny
Adam G.	...	Blakely (as G. Adam Gifford)
Mon Confiado	...	Phred
Spanky Manikan	...	Gen. Nguy
Cris Daluz	...	Dr. Liu
James Karen	...	TV Reporter
Dale Gibson	...	Tex
Cris Aguilar	...	Cho
Wilson Go	...	Police Chief

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Philippines

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:18 (cut) | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A car chase ends when the pursuers drive through broken glass and puncture their tires. However, when the car comes to a stop it is shown parked on top of the broken glass - given the chase speed, the car should have come to a stop well in front of the glass.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Burn Notice" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Dark And Light

I'm gonna rip out your f*cking heart.

The guy/gal who writes the teaser for Cinemax screwed up again. I was hoping to get a good laugh watch Owen Wilson pretend to be a Navy officer in Behind Enemy Lines (2001), but they screwed up and put this one on instead.

Instead of laughs, I get Thomas Ian Griffith (xXx, Vampires) as an ex soldier going back to rescue his buddy, who was supposed to be dead, and some nuclear triggers. He is, in turn, rescued by a bunch of Marine misfits that lounge around on his boat in Tahiti.

No, it's not Rambo II, Braddock: Missing in Action III, Uncommon Valor, or any one of a hundred other B movies that have a similar theme. If you have seen any of those, you have seen this one.