Movie Review – Behind Enemy Lines (2001) – 2.5 Stars
Not being American makes this a hard movie to appreciate. While you can enjoy clips of Owen Wilson running in slow motion through the Bosnian countryside, you have to ignore the plot based around the Navy’s horror at a single Marine killed in enemy territory, and their plans to shoot an entire battalion of Serbian soldiers in retribution. I’d expect this from Wilson – only a couple of years into a big screen career you take the roles you can get. But I’m disappointed in Hackman. With ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ under his belt, there was no need for this.
