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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:
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Director:
John Moore
Writers (WGA):
Jim Thomas (story) &
John Thomas (story) ...
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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | War | Drama | Thriller more
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
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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(36 articles)
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Tough To Beat A Good Man-On-The-Run Action Movie 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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for war violence and some language.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Serbo-Croatian | Spanish | Czech
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
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
Filming Locations:
Koliba Studios, Bratislava, Slovakia more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Trivia:
This feature is included in the first wave of Blu-Ray releases by Fox. A total of five movies were included in this initial wave. The others being: Fantastic Four (2005), Ice Age (2002), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Riegart's helicopter keeps changing from an early model Bell UH-1 (with a single engine and a 2 bladed main rotor) to a UH-1N(4 blades and two exhaust ports). more
Quotes:
[talking to Burnett on the radio]
Admiral Reigart: Burnett!
[pauses]
Admiral Reigart: Zero-six, you've been shot down, life is tough. You're a combat aviator, start acting like one. Remember your training, put some angles between you and your pursuers. Evade and survive, and we will bring you home. You got that? We will bring you home.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
The Rescue Blues more

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39 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
Tough To Beat A Good Man-On-The-Run Action Movie, 24 February 2007
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I don't think this is really considered a "war movie" in the normal sense but it might as well be since it involves all military people and the focus is an American Navy pilot who is shot down over Bosnia and runs for his life while waiting to be rescued.

Outside of Owen Wilson ("Lt. Chris Burnett") blaspheming about a dozen times, I thought this was a very entertaining film with spectacular sound and a couple of very intense action scenes. I always find man-on-the-run stories good, anyway.

The missile-jet scene has some of the best surround sound I have ever heard in an action scene, along with super visuals. Wilson's travails, as he tries to stay alive in hostile territory while red-tape holds up his rescue efforts, are fascinating. The action scenes are quite different, too.

This is a film I guarantee will not put you to sleep and, at the same, doesn't overdo the action. The end has the usual credibility gap with what I call "Rambo mentality," but overall is a gripping story.

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