![]() ![]() Instead of giving us one strong composition, he gives us 20 bad ones in five seconds, then jiggles the camera, just in case we're not excited yet. Every moment of tension becomes a montage, but Moore's no Abel Gance. Moore's filming of the action, which might have been a saving grace, is inept. Much of "Behind Enemy Lines" is made up either of action sequences or of scenes of Hackman in a control room, monitoring the situation. To survive, he has to outwit armies and assassins and even run inches ahead of a series of exploding land mines. So the young navigator finds himself deep in hostile territory, on his own, looking to make it back to a safe zone. When the American plane goes down, the admiral wants to send out a rescue team immediately. American peacekeepers, working within NATO guidelines, are flying reconnaissance missions over Bosnia. "Behind Enemy Lines" is presented as though it were a true story, but, in fact, it takes place in the near future. "Oh no, what will happen to Owen Wilson!" just doesn't cut it. "Oh no, what will happen to Tom Cruise!" - that might have worked. ![]() The American uniform will get an audience partly involved, but there needs to be something else, too. Similarly, the audience's involvement in the story hinges on just how much it cares whether Wilson makes it out safely. Hackman plays his superior officer, a crusty admiral, and the emotional heart of the movie is supposed to be the admiral's growing affection for the young man. Acting serious, Wilson just seems snide and sour. ![]()
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