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Behind Enemy Lines

Statistics

  Counts

  Total Pages: 2.75
  Total Words: 687
  Total Characters: 3575
  Number of Sentences: 38


  Averages

  Words per Sentences: 18.08
  Characters per Words: 5.2


  Readability

  Flesch Reading Ease: 57.46
  Fog Scale Level: 12.53
  Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.74  

Behind Enemy Lines
  
Hist. 17B



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Starring:  Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman


Director:  John Moore


Rated:  PG-13


Run Times:  105 minutes


Release Date:  November 2001


Genres:  Action, Suspense, War


Behind Enemy Lines takes place sometime in the mid ‘90s, at around the time when





the different factions engaged in war within the borders of the former Yugoslavia the Bosnians, Serbs, and


Croats had all agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the United States. NATO, under command of European


commanders, were in charge of “keeping the peace” between the various factions while the ceasefire was


implemented.  Owen Wilson as U.S. Navy pilot Chris Burnett, a sort of slacker in military camo who doesn’t


feel as if his time guarding the airs of Yugoslavia is worthwhile.  Burnett plans on leaving the Navy for a


cushy job in the private sector as soon as his retirement papers to his commander, Admiral Reigart Burnett.


Along with fellow pilot Stackhouse, is shot down by renegade Serbian forces while the two are doing routine


reconnaissance over a DMZ zone in the mountains. Apparently the duo had photographed the Serbs doing


something naughty, they don’t want exposed.  Both pilots survive the crash, but Stackhouse is located by


the Serbs and executed,and now Burnett is alone, cold, and on the run. The movie has special effects like


U.S. jets maneuvers to elude two surface to air missles and the characters ejection from the damaged


plane.  Another concern an elaborate series of explosions in an area boodytrapped with mines.  As stunning


as the visual effects are at times, they ultimately fail, for we never worry that the invincible Burnett will be


injured.  Nothing can stop this guy.  He’s like a superhero mail carrier. Neither mines, nor machines guns nor


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tanks can stay this Navy man from his appointed mission.    


Sadly, the new film “Behind ...

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