Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Directed by John Moore
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.
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Responsible for flashy misfires like The Omen, Flight of the Phoenix and Behind Enemy Lines, his films have never aspired to cinematic greatness, but are not very good, either.
Directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, the 2006 remake of The Omen), Max Payne betrays its origins as a video game with its tough-guy protagonist operating in a seedy urban jungle that recalls film noir and graphic novels.
But director John Moore ( Behind Enemy Lines ) wisely alternates these sequences with scenes of verbal and psychological confrontation as well as a few glimpses of those frightening, mysterious valkyries.
After “Behind Enemy Lines,” “Flight of the Phoenix,” and “The Omen” remake, Moore has proven himself a meticulous screen stylist, preferring a glossy moment of violence over anything resembling a legitimate emotional reaction.
Irish filmmaker John Moore cut his chops directing commercials before his debut actioner Behind Enemy Lines in 2001.
Chased by a secret police enforcer, a deadly tracker, and hordes of hostile troops, Wilson runs for his life in scenes reminding me of Daniel Day-Lewis racing through the forest in The Last of the Mohicans.