2001 · action · drama · thriller
Behind Enemy Lines
Directed by John Moore1h 46m2001
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Our read: Behind Enemy Lines (2001) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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