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	Behind Enemy Lines
		Aside from the timing, Behind Enemy Lines is a standard action movie, which means it is not that good.
		Because of the state of the world in which the movie is playing, it can be seen as either a great patriotic movie or shameless (unintentional) propaganda for the US military.
		Behind Enemy Lines recounts the efforts of Lt. Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson, Zoolander, Meet the Parents) to evade capture and return to friendly ground.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/behind_enemy_lines.html (530 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
		But Behind Enemy Lines was not released last summer and would not even have been released this fall if 20th Century Fox hadn't accelerated the production schedule by some seven weeks to capitalize on our rediscovered patriotism.
		Behind Enemy Lines is the work of story writers Jim & John Thomas, proprietors of ominous credits like Mission to Mars and Wild Wild West (but also Predator!), and screenwriters David Veloz and Zak Penn, who own no significant credits at all.
		Never mind that Behind Enemy Lines pretends to be based on a true story, that of Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady (shot down over Bosnia in 1995), when the film is obviously too preposterous to be true.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/b/behindenemylines.htm (833 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines - Preview Online
		In the end, it is Reigart who puts his career on the line to rescue the pilot he had once dismissed as a man unready to serve his country.
		“Behind Enemy Lines,” says co-writer Penn, “is not really about flying-jet heroics; it’s about a regular guy caught up in incredible circumstances.” And, for that reason, the casting of Wilson - best-known for his comic roles in films like Shanghai Noon and Zoolander - has turned out to be ideal.
		Behind Enemy Lines was shot on location in the Carpathian mountains (standing in for nearby Bosnia) and in Koliba Studios in the Slovak capital of Bratislava.
	www.preview-online.com /jan-feb02/feature_articles/behind/page2.html (831 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines - DVD Movie Central
		Behind Enemy Lines launched what turned out to be an endless array of war movies that seem to come out once a week in the wake of the 9/11 attack.
		While I would rank this movie behind the three aforementioned films, this is a perfect film for people to see as both an exercise of the American spirit, and those seeking a pure rush of adrenaline.
		Behind Enemy Lines is a movie made of fast and furious action, thus includes an equal type of audio sound to it, and the 5.1 audio mix perfects this notion in the highest form.
	www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/behind_enemy_lines.htm (926 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines (2001): Reviews
		A Navy pilot (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.
		War is hellishly entertaining, especially in Behind Enemy Lines, a 21-gun salute to the commitment and preparedness of the U.S. military.
		Behind Enemy Lines has a wretched script and a director (first-timer John Moore) who either has no taste or doesn't know what he's doing.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/behindenemylines (997 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines - a Movie Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
		Behind Enemy Lines, like Spy Game and most war movies of recent memory, bases its scenario on a real situation and uses lots and lots of military equipment (Behind Enemy Lines was shot on a real aircraft carrier) to make it convincing.
		In fact, it's counter-productive in that it highlights the falseness of the movies' emotions, the emptiness of their patriotic rhetoric, and their near-pornographic obsession with military hardware.
		Behind Enemy Lines is a miserable example of the new war movie, with a ludicrous story, inadequate acting, and genuinely incompetent direction.
	www.tollbooth.org /2002/movies/behindenemylines.html (866 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines (2001) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		a navy pilot 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 Behind Enemy Lines the camera work can easily give a viewer a headache.
		And overall, people who see this movie should be prepared for the standard type action fare associated with most war movies.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/behindenemylines.html (1022 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Behind Enemy Lines
		"Behind Enemy Lines," the directing debut of John Moore, has little to say about the social and political situations in Bosnia, and does not bother attempting to.
		"Behind Enemy Lines" receives its power not from overloading the viewer with flag-waving, melodramatic scenes of self-congratulation, but in quietly thought-provoking moments where the sheer devastation of war is evoked through such images of a destroyed clothing store, and a valiant statue that has had half of its face blown off.
		"Behind Enemy Lines" is a thrilling action picture for anyone who enjoys getting their auditory and visual senses assaulted, and their nerves absolutely wrecked.
	all-reviews.com /videos-4/behind-enemy-lines.htm (583 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Plot Outline: A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops.
		behind enemy lines, is a movie which shows the typical American hero, stuck in abnormal circumstances.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
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	Review: Behind Enemy Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Behind Enemy Lines might just as well be called Run Owen Run, because roughly 50% of the film features Owen Wilson running towards a goal or away from his enemies.
		Behind Enemy Lines is the product of first-time filmmaker John Moore, who was brought to this project after producer John Davis was impressed by a SEGA video game spot directed by Moore.
		Behind Enemy Lines is a crowd-pleaser, and Moore rarely gives us enough down time to reflect on its weaknesses.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/b/behind_enemy.html (752 words)

	JoBlo's Movie Club - Reviews: Behind Enemy Lines
		Behind Enemy Lines is an rip-roaring entertaining action/war film...with some great action sequences, a likeable and believable hero and not much else...Owen Wilson is very good as the hot-shot, fast talking Navy Pilot, who gets shot down while on a recon mission over war-torn Bosnia.
		Behind Enemy Lines is not a bad film, granted its not a great one either.
		A story line which would be summarized on the trailer something like "In the face of danger, one man lives to face the ultimate battle of evil..." yeah, something like that.
	www.joblo.com /forums/showthread.php?s=f0e897ba1504dcf218934f576cef6472&threadid=34309 (1822 words)

	Zap2it.com - Movie review - Behind Enemy Lines
		The movie apes all those spirit-raising World War II adventures where a cynical hero who questions the war effort learns the value of teamwork while getting a baptism by fire.
		In the movie's first 10 minutes he grouses about his lack of battle action, disses the Bosnian War, bats a football off the deck of his aircraft carrier (to the welcome sounds of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say") and tweaks Hackman's ultra-paternal Adm. Reigart by handing him his letter of resignation, effective in two weeks.
		There is barely a moment of honest emotion or believable humanity in "Behind Enemy Lines." It's always trying to wring your heartstrings or punch you senseless, and it's so loud you half expect the audience from the theater next door to ask you to turn it down.
	movies.zap2it.com /movies/movies/reviews/text/0,1259,---9860,00.html (940 words)

	Louisville Scene \| Movies \| Movie Review \| 'Behind Enemy Lines' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There's good and evil and no shades of gray in "Behind Enemy Lines," a contemporized version of a World War II movie.
		Right away we have trouble believing the movie as directed by John Moore, who is making his feature-film debut after cutting his director's teeth on commercials.
		"Behind Enemy Lines" was set for release next year, but 20th Century Fox opened it earlier to capitalize on the current patriotic, pro-military fervor in the United States.
	www.courier-journal.com /scene/movies/reviews/2001/20011130behindenemylines.html (617 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Behind Enemy Lines
		Movie review for the film Behind Enemy Lines starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman.
		In the beginning of the movie (which is based on a true story albeit loosely), there is a lot of anti-military talk by Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) and by the climax he completely changes his tune and everyone lives happily ever after.
		To say this movie is a little jingoistic is an understatement.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/behindenemylines.html (636 words)

	BEHIND ENEMY LINES
		In Lines, Owen Wilson (Zoolander) plays Lt. Chris Burnett, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Superhornet navigator whose frustration over being a beat cop working a neighborhood that nobody cares about boils over into a cynicism that threatens to stall his once-promising career.
		Lines' action scenes are surprisingly effective, especially the scene where Burnett's plane is taken down by the Bosnian missiles.
		I never thought for a second Lines would evoke memories of Saving Private Ryan, but some of Moore's choppy, handheld camera work (not to mention the story) looks like it came from Spielberg's editing room floor.
	www.sick-boy.com /behindenemylines.htm (623 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Behind Enemy Lines"
		If John Moore's first feature, "Behind Enemy Lines," is any indication of the goods he's got, one thing's for sure: He's a director who'll never let acting get in the way of his filmmaking.
		"Behind Enemy Lines" is a résumé masquerading as a movie.
		There's a sprinkling of depth in "Behind Enemy Lines," represented by some artfully disturbing shots of mass graves and a stellar view of a statue of the Virgin Mary with one side of her face blown off.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/11/30/enemy_lines/?CP=IMD&DN=110 (828 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Behind Enemy Lines was originally intended for 2002, but was then moved earlier, apparently to capitalize on an anticipated post-WTC surge of patriotism.
		Despite its lack of depth, the film might still have worked as a serviceable action-adventure pyrotechnics festival were it not for the casting of Owen Wilson in the lead role.
		Behind Enemy Lines takes a simple premise and simplifies it even further; it's a comic book with very few of the frames colored in.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies3/BehindEnemyLines.htm (664 words)

	BEHIND ENEMY LINES (R): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR21100
		Others apparently agree with me that Behind Enemy Lines could have well be called the "Owen Wilson Show" since most of the screen time was on Wilson and his trek through the hostile Serbs.
		Behind Enemy Lines is a somewhat intelligent and clever movie.
		It is a movie analysis service to parents and grandparents to tell them the truth about movies using the Truth.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/behindenemylines.htm (1825 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines Review
		The timing couldn’t have been better for “Behind Enemy Lines.” Just when Americans are feeling extremely patriotic and grateful for our military, along comes a patriotic movie about military heroes in a desperate situation.
		A well-paced and exciting thriller, “Behind Enemy Lines” offers lots of tension and a little commentary on how hard it is to get involved in other people’s battles.
		What the movie did do was remind me to pray for the men and women fighting to defend us and the rest of the world from ruthless killers--and to thank God for their courage.
	entertainment.planetwisdom.com /movies/behindenemylines.htm (709 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
		At times, he was forced to lay motionless for hours on end as enemy patrols passed within only a few feet of his position, and when his rations and drinking water ran out, O'Grady stayed alive by eating insects and drinking rainwater.
		For example, in the 'safe areas' that were established by the United Nations for Bosnian Muslims, Serb forces would pound these enclaves with artillery, yet blame the attacks on renegade Serb paramilitaries not directly under their control, or even the Muslims, as part of a conspiracy to paint the Serbs in a bad light.
		Thus, it is of little surprise that in "Behind Enemy Lines", Burnett finds his welcome by Bosnian Muslims in the fictional town of Hac to be less than hospitable, given the ineffectual efforts of his government and its allies in stopping the Serb incursions.
	www.mediacircus.net /behindenemylines.html (1206 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this two-man operation, Wilson and Hackman do the best they can with the material, but it must be difficult as an actor to realize the planes and guns are more important than you are.
		Obviously, the movie is being released at an opportune time; it's just too bad it relies more on adrenaline than on a compelling story.
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1098283 (595 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines \| ajc.com
		Review: I happened to catch “Behind Enemy Lines” with a smattering of Pearl Harbor veterans, and if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me. That doesn't make this flag-waving chunk of gung-ho machismo a good movie.
		“Behind Enemy Lines” combines the blunt bluster of a solid B-movie with the hairbreadth escapes of a man-on-the-run flick.
		So he pours on the bombs-away bravado and tries to ignore the bomb of a script (which includes an insulting and misleading coda that may make people think this is based on a true story).
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/behindenemylines.html (366 words)

	USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - Press release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hollywood took to the front lines Nov. 23, as Twentieth Century Fox brought the international premiere of its new film, Behind Enemy Lines, to the flight deck of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the North Arabian Sea.
		As for the movie, the crew enjoyed it and gave it their "thumbs up" as they enjoyed the viewing under the stars in defense of their nation.
		As he spoke of the movie, he reiterated the important roles Carl Vinson played in Behind Enemy Lines and is currently playing in Operation Enduring Freedom.
	www.cvn70.navy.mil /presrel/29nov01-belpremiere.html (1075 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines - Movie Review
		Bosnian Muslims are doe-eyed victims, Serbs are scowling, mangy movie heavies, and American soldiers are the most important people in the world in "Behind Enemy Lines," a self-aggrandizing action movie being released earlier than planned to cash in on the current atmosphere of flag-waving.
		If "Behind Enemy Lines" can't cope with a little quiet tension, you can imagine how little mind is paid to the socio-political atmosphere in which the film is set.
		Even if I'm over-thinking this point in the wake of Sept. 11, "Behind Enemy Lines" is still nothing but a hollow, high-gloss, high-pretension, military fantasy video game of a movie, blessed with a pair talented actors given just enough leash to keep it human.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/behindenemy (623 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines at DVDwolf.com
		When Burnett and his pilot are shot over enemy territory during a reconnaissance mission Burnett has to avoid a ruthless secret police enforcer, a deadly tracker, and what seems to be an entire army of men whose single mission is to kill the blonde Yankee.
		Early in the movie there is a solid scene that puts the entire audience on edge.
		As for a movie that tries to imply that war is horrific (duh) the over stylization thrown on the silver screen here is astounding.
	www.dvdwolf.com /Reviews/B/Behind_Enemy_Lines.htm (757 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Enemy's Navy fighter pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson), stationed on the Adriatic, is shot down over hostile Serb territory while on a routine reconnaissance mission.
		Though Enemy bears a similar plot hook to Spy Game, it aspires to be nothing more than a thrilling war-torn chase with a rah-rah jingoistic twist.
		This is the true story behind the longest sustained ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=133754 (1657 words)

	Behind Enemy Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Since it arrived in theaters timed perfectly with positive attitudes toward the military, "Behind Enemy Lines" was able to "overcome the handicaps of strident, thinly sketched characters and a flimsy plot to attract its target male audience," our critic writes.
		Since the movie marches in lock-step with current attitudes toward the military and U.S. intervention in lands where terrorists lurk, "Behind Enemy Lines" will probably overcome the handicaps of strident, thinly sketched characters and a flimsy plot to attract its target male audience.
		The NATO admiral (Joaquim de Almeida) vetoes a mission to rescue the American down behind enemy lines, though the reason is never clear.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /hollywoodreporter/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1116539 (596 words)

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