Product Details

• Actors: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Olek Krupa, David Keith, Vladimir Mashkov
• Directors: John Moore
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (262 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JKL8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,799 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Behind Enemy Lines" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

WHEN A U.S. NAVY PILOT IS SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIA, HE MUSTSTRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF HOSTILE SERBIAN FORCES. WITH TIME RUNNING OUT, HIS COMMANDER DEFIES STRICT NATO DIRECTIVES AND LAUNCHES A RENEGADE RESCUE MISSION TO BRING AN AMERICAN HERO HOME.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind Enemy Lines, November 30, 2001

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Jonathan (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

I just saw this movie tonight(opening night) and I thought it was the best action movie I have seen at the movie theater this year. The story is about a Navy officer(Owen Wilson) who is about to quit the Navy due to the lack of excitement and the fact that there are wars going on so he only gets to go out in a plane and then come right back. But when the Navy commander(Gene Hackman) sends him out on another mission, Wilson travels into a Bosnia war base where his plane is shot down. After wilson and his partner land, the Bosnians find his partner and kill him, leaving Wilson all alone to defend himslef and try to stay alive behind enemy lines. Every scene has something exciting heppening. There are great twists and the plot is just perfect for a war/action movie. If you are looking for a good action-packed war-type movie, Behind Enemy Lines is the best one to find.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind is in Front!, January 26, 2003

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D. Jeter "DwayneJ" (South Bend, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behind Enemy Lines (DVD)

Wow! is this a thrill ride or what. The disclaimer at the beginning of the movie made me sit up and pay attention, because I knew the movie was on to a sensitive subject. The action sceens were fantastic. The SAMs chase of the Navy jet was awesome. The flight for home was a good mixture of reality and a little fantasy help from Hollywood but you are sure to be entertained by this hard hitting gritty action movie. It's parallel to past situations in western Europe make for a great hero movie. After you see this movie you will want to start it over from the begining. Great stuff!!!...

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasing Action Thriller!, August 28, 2002

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Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behind Enemy Lines (DVD)

This is a very entertaining and visually pleasing film, one that will capture your interest and propel it along for the almost two hours of the movie. Yet it is really just an escape movie that happened to be released in the aftermath of the 911 events, and so capitalized on the pent-up feelings of patriotism everyone was experiencing at the time. As a thinly disguised although highly fictionalized representation of an actual case of an American flier rescued after evading the Serbs for several days during the Bosnian police action, this might have made some sense.

Yet the depiction of the Serb ground forces as brutal and conscienceless bogeymen is a bit overdone and not very accurate; most of the Serbs treated downed American fliers with consideration and in a very friendly manner. Of course, had this been depicted as part of the Kosovo effort, the scenes depicting the Serbs might have been more accurate. As it stands, however, the story is hardly representative of the reality on the ground during the Bosnian campaign.

Still, taken at face value as action entertainment, the movie isn't half-bad. Yet as anything like serious drama it has too many implausible elements and too many coincidences to hold water. So, while this is no "to Hell And Back', it is an exciting escapist excursion you will enjoy watching. The scenes filmed on the carrier are especially graphic and well done, and the shots of the planes coming off the deck are breath taking.

So too the aerial photography is very well choreographed and accomplished, and the action shots of the plane being engaged by ground batteries fairly realistic in its technical details. The cast is quite good, with Owen Wilson playing the downed flier and Gene Hackman the Carrier skipper who is trying to get him back. This is good stuff to wile away a Saturday evening as long as you don't take any of it too literally. Enjoy!