Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006) (V)

Director:

James Dodson

Writer:

James Dodson (writer)

Release Date:

17 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | War

Plot:

Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...

Plot Keywords:

Behind Enemy Lines | US Navy | Korea | Soldier | Navy Seal

Cast

Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Lt. Robert James
Matt Bushell	...	MCPO Neil 'Spaz' Callaghan
Keith David	...	MCPO Scott Boytano
Denis Arndt	...	CIA Director Weylon Armitage
Ben Cross	...	Cmdr. Tim Mackey
Bruce McGill	...	Gen. Norman T. Vance
Peter Coyote	...	President Adair T. Manning
April Grace	...	Ellie Brilliard
Shane Edelman	...	Campbell Dunleavy
Glenn Morshower	...	Admr. Henry D. Wheeler
Eyal Podell	...	Ens. David Barnes
Mykel Shannon Jenkins	...	CWO Lawrence Meideros
Michael Simpson	...	PO2 Corey Schulteiss
Kenneth Choi	...	Ambassador Li Sung Park
Joseph Steven Yang	...	Cmdr. Hwang

Also Known As:

Behind Enemy Lines II: Land of the Morning Calm (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and lanaguage.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Factual errors: On the side of the North Korean army truck taking the American prisoners to interrogation, the word "Buk-Han-Guk" is stenciled in Korean. This is the South Korean word for North Korea. North Koreans consider this term offensive and would never use it to describe their own country.

Movie Connections:

References Black Hawk Down (2001)

Better than expected

You pick a DVD like this up off the 'discount rack' for 5.00 you don't expect much. But this was a surprisingly good little movie made on a shoestring budget that doesn't look it. I liked the original Behind the Lines well enough but this movie is just fine in its own right. The actors/soldiers are young and Hung-ho which you'd expect. The plot moves along and doesn't have every cliché you usually see coming a mile away. The action scenes with their jittery camera work are rapidly paced & well done in my view. The political side of the story looks professional and pretty believable. Having seen every great war movie there is many times over, I give this movie a solid thumbs up and definitely worth a look.