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Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting ta … rget, the two get shot down. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. You'll enjoy it more and not notice the foolishness (hopefully).Action, Drama, Thriller, War Behind Enemy Lines (2001)įighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying.
The movie is best watched whilst a few drinks shy of inebriation. Once the movie passes into its middle it becomes a bit dull and the ending, as others have observed, is more like a Rambo film and gets quite farcical.
As for the movie, the opening scenes are the most rewarding. Apparently its true that history is written by the victors. U571 is another, now notorious, example of this. And it's this kind of "it happened like this" cinema (which most often involves Americans saving the world) that concerns me most. I find this disturbing simply because there are any number of extremely dumb people out there that would see such final comments and assume the film was, after all, based on true events. This film is certainly no comedy, so the appearance of these notes, to me, would seem to imply that the movie was in part based in reality. Now, call me old-fashioned, but such final scene "what they did next" stuff in my book is reserved for two types of film - comedy spoofs and documentaries. Particularly laughable (and somewhat disturbing) in this no brainer action film was the dreadful end sequence, where we get to find out (via the wonder of the subtitled explanation) what happens to the main characters. And just who were the enemy? The Bosnians? The Serbs? The Croats? The film didn't seem very certain itself and neither was I, even at the end. As long as there is conflict in the world, there will be a Hollywood movie to glorify it and vilify the enemy. You feel better about yourself and you'll bring the bad guys to book. But that's OK, because no matter what happens when you disobey orders, it all comes out good in the end. Disobey them in such a way as to get your best friend killed. Instead of going over those I'd like to point out the overriding message this film taught me. People have already remarked on various inaccuracies and symbolism such as the angel in the midst of war etc.
It has reasonable special effects, a plot that is simple and oh so seen before, and a square jawed handsome hero (although, looking at Wilson's nose, not that handsome). Take one standard action film involving Americans, add in a new baddie for them to triumph over, and have the baddies act atrociously and brutally, then let the good guys be victorious in the end.