Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4795 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-09-02
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: Czech, English, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 101 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Smart casting and sensible plotting make Behind Enemy Lines an above-average military thriller. Perfectly timed to bolster US patriotism, the film is partly set (during a hypothetical "day after tomorrow") on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, which was on alert status in the Persian Gulf when this film was released theatrically in the States. Proving his versatility as an unconventional movie star, Owen Wilson plays a navy navigator who is shot down over Bosnia during a reconnaissance mission. Pursued by rebel Serbian forces, Wilson must fight for survival while his commanding officer (Gene Hackman) plots a daredevil rescue.

After a successful career in TV commercials, Irish director John Moore makes a promising feature debut on Slovakian locations, borrowing a few techniques from Saving Private Ryan while adding impressive flourishes of his own. The gung-ho ending's a foregone conclusion, but it works like a charm after the movie's exciting game of cat and mouse.--Jeff Shannon

DVD Description
Burnett must struggle to survive in unfamiliar hostile territory with a cold-blooded assassin and hundreds of enemy troops on his heels and finds that his only useful weapon is his will to survive.

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
16:9 Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
DTS 5.1 English\Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DTS 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Commentary By Director John Moore And Editor Martin Smith
Audio Commentary By Producers John Davies And Wick Godfrey
Behind The Scenes Featurette
Pre Vis Ejection Sequence
Additional Main Title And Original End Title Sequences
Alternate Take Off Montage
4 Directors Cuts
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Customer Reviews

Why can't I give 0 stars?
Absolute rubbish! There are very very few films that I won't watch until the end but this is abysmal. Acting awful, story unbelieveable. Makes Top Gun look gritty and credible. Move right along, nothing to see here...

Behind enemy lines
This movie reminded me of news on the then Czechoslovakian television in the Soviet era. Everything great, all people friends and honestetc... This truly heroic bravery of the American soldiers cannnot leave you in doubt how honest, good, hard-working these guys are. NO one disputes the mass graves but I have yet to see a more stupid film about brave and good American soldiers... I could not comprehend some of the scenes, for instance a sniper trying to shoot the American soldier and then , all of a sudden, the American soldiers finds himself in a forest without me being able to understand how he escaped... Nevermind, long live the brave American soldier...

Marvellous

This film is absolutely brilliant.
The whole idea of it works well. Chris Burnett is alone when fighting bad soldiers shoot down his aircraft because he and his friend Stackhouse were taking pictures of all their illegal activity.

I would definitely recommend this film to anyone. The actors Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson deliver great performances from beginning to the end.