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Behind Enemy Lines

Owen Wilson is a comic actor as odd and quirky as his dented nose, but Behind Enemy Lines smooths him out into a generic action figure. He plays a Navy pilot who’s shot down over Bosnia, and even his clever ad libs are drowned out by the roar of jet engines. This is one of those frantically edited, hyperactive action films you’ve seen many times before, starring an actor who deserves far better.

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