Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Bill's Rating: 3.5 Out of Five Read User Reviews - Write a Review!
Movie Image Action/Adventure and Drama
1 hr. 45 min. A Navy pilot (Owen Wilson) is shot down over enemy territory and struggles to survive the relentless pursuit of a ruthless secret police enforcer, a deadly tracker, and countless hostile troops. With time running out, the injured pilot's commanding officer (Gene Hackman) goes against orders to carry out a desperate rescue mission.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for war violence and some language.

Release Date: November 30, 2001 Nationwide. Showtimes & Tickets
Cast and Credits
Starring: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, David Keith, Gabriel Macht, Olek Krupa
Directed by: John Moore
Produced by: John Davis
Written by: David Veloz, Zak Penn, John Thomas, James Thomas
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Bill's Comments

This is a very good war movie with sustained tension and action. My only problem is that war has become too real to me this year. The continuous coverage of the war in Afghanistan on TV has just about convinced me that people actually get killed in wars. I used to be able to watch war movies with the detached attitude that it was "just a movie" and everyone was an actor that would just get up and go home when the director yelled "that's a wrap". Now I know that in Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Bosnia, etc. people are getting killed on a continuous basis and they don't get to "get up and go home" at the end of the day. The movie was good, but my ability to enjoy a war movie has definitely decreased.