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Reviews - Behind Enemy Lines |
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Behind
Enemy Lines
(Fox
Home Entertainment) |
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Release Date: |
April
23, 2002
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| Length: |
105 mins.
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| Rated: |
PG-13
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| Format: |
Widescreen
(2.35:1) |
| Languages: |
English, Spanish
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| Subtitles: |
English
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| Extras: |
Two Screen-Specific Audio Commentaries, Deleted and Extended
Scenes, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, "Pre-Vis Ejection
Sequence" Storyboard Comparison, Theatrical Teaser
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This was a tough one. On the one hand, I
love the military action genre. On the other, I value plot realism in
these kind of films. I can understand that plausibility needed to be
set aside at times to sustain drama, but here scene after scene failed
under scrutiny. It got to the point where I was no longer interested
in our hero's predicament and just want the action, of which there was
plenty. Performance-wise, Gene Hackman, as expected, was superb
playing the authoritative figure. Owen Wilson however, just seemed out
of place to me. Visuals were beautiful and special effects where done
quite well, but stylistic choices really put me off by pausing the
movie at parts that did not require emphasis. While they may have
looked cool, it seemed their existence was due to that very reason. In
the end, it's the flying bullets and huge explosions I really came to
see. All other faults can be forgotten since they deliver in that
regards.
The best extra on this disc has to be the seven deleted scenes. There
isn't one I wouldn't have loved to stay in the final cut. Other
material included a good but extremely short behind-the-scenes
featurette, a trailer for Minority Report and an interesting look at
one of the visual effects scenes. There were two commentary tracks.
One, from director John Moore and editor Martin Smith was filled with
information and another by producers John Davis and Wyck Godfrey dealt
with their views, but really wasn't all that interesting.
It's no masterpiece, but quite good for what it was, heavily stylized
military action.
| The Movie: |
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6/10 |
| The Extras: |
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6/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
Rent
This One |
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