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Dominican Rep. Behind Enemy Lines
12,685
War. Action
A gung-ho (yet recently disillusioned) pilot (Owen Wilson) is shot down in war-torn former Yugoslavia, after photographing illegal mass graves. He then spends the rest of the film running away a lot, while his paternal-yet-gruff commanding officer (Gene Hackman) yells at his superiors and yaks into his radio, trying to save the lad. Badly shot and edited, this throwback to '80s jingoistic pap offers few thrills and doesn't even make an ... [+]
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United Kingdom |
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"Despite some blatant product placement, this is superior check-your-cerebrum-at-the-popcorn-counter stuff (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | POS |
United States |
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"War is hellishly entertaining, especially in Behind Enemy Lines, a 21-gun salute to the commitment and preparedness of the U.S. military" | POS |
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United States |
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"Behind Enemy Lines has a wretched script and a director who either has no taste or doesn't know what he's doing" | NEG |
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United States |
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"As a director, Moore is like an energetic puppy who's all over you all at once. You admire his energy, and it's awfully hard to get angry at such high spirits, but you can't help but wish he'd calm down just a bit" | NEU |
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United States |
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"Behind Enemy Lines will satisfy only those in search of a rousingly, if simplistically, patriotic bloodbath." | NEU |
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United States |
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"As intense an immersion in military ambience as a Hollywood movie could hope to provide in just over 90 minutes" | POS |
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United States |
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"A slickly entertaining war movie that's sometimes striking, sometimes silly -- but never, ever boring" | NEU |
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