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'Loosely' based on the incident a few years ago where an Air Force pilot (LT Scott O'Grady) was shot down
over enemy territory and later rescued US forces,
this film has other than that no other similarities.
This film
has a maverick pilot
LT Burnett who
is played by Owen Wilson. Although somewhat predictable, the action was non-stop and
full of suspense it tends to get monotones and at
times reminds me of countless other films that have
been made. Their is also a very good advert for Sky
News imbedded with in the film. As most of
Wilson's previous films have been light hatred
comedy, the result is quite surprising.
He comes over well as an all-around normal guy thrust in an unusual
situation by his job, and not some muscular action-hero that would have no problem in a situation like
Arnold Swasnigger. His light hearted comedy
side does come in in places, but often with very dry
affect. For an example on the Flight deck with
the Rugby Ball, he is seen setting it off into the
air with a catapult and trying to catch it. I
very suppressed that used UK Pop music for a lot of
the film, as the US film industry normally uses
music written just for a film or music that has been
made by a US band. Also I did think it made
the images feel out of place when at one stage a
song came on with the words Devon in! this
film is grate for plane spotters in places,
but no where near like Top Gun and it tries to hard
to say to much. It got a two star rating from
my self and the three others who went with me to see
it. Others in the cinema who I asked gave it
only one star! Over all most agreed two stars
out of five, so that is our verdict!
Voices, first credits only:- Owen Wilson
as Lt. Chris Burnett, Gene Hackman as Adm. Reigart, Gabriel Macht
as Stackhouse, Charles Malik Whitfield as Rodway, Joaquim de Almeida
as Piquet, David Keith as Capt. O'Malley, Olek Krupa
as Lokar, Vladimir Mashkov as The Tracker, Marko Igonda
as Bazda, Eyal Podell as Petty Officer Kennedy, Geoffrey Pierson
as Admiral Donnelly, Aernout Van Lynden as Himself, Sam Jaeger
as Red Crown Operator 1, Shane Johnson as Red Crown Operator
2 and Don Winston as Red Crown Operator 3
Film Review by Patrick Trollope.
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Film
review:- BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
Tagline:- In War There Are Some Lines You Should Never Cross. 