Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
 


Genres:Action,Drama,War
Released: November 30, 2001
Director:John Moore
Distributor:20th Century Fox
 
Starring:
Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht
 
Synopsis 
A television commercial for a Sega game system that aired during
the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards landed debut director John Moore
a gig behind the camera of this military action thriller. Owen Wilson stars
as Lt. Chris Burnett, a naval aviator aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson who's
frustrated with the strict "hands-off" political policies that prevent him
from experiencing combat against hostile Bosnian forces in his F/A-18
Superhornet jet. Burnett's commander, Admiral Reigert (Gene Hackman),
thinks that the brash pilot doesn't have what it takes to be in the millitary,
but the eager young officer soon gets the chance to prove his mettle.
While conducting a routine photographic reconnaissance over a remote
area of the Balkans, Burnett captures grisly images that serve as proof
of genocidal crimes, but his plane is blown out of the sky. He's soon
pursued on the ground by the forces of Lokar (Olek Krupa), a Serbian
paramilitary leader intent on covering up unthinkable crimes, while Reigert
defies the NATO orders of his superior (Joaquim de Almeida) and risks his
career to mount a covert rescue mission. Behind Enemy Lines (2001), the
first of two back-to-back releases starring Wilson and Hackman (the other
being The Royal Tenenbaums), also stars David Keith, Gabriel Macht, and
Charles Malik Whitfield. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide


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