The lateGene Hackmanwas one of those actors that only come along once in a blue moon.
Hackman’s recent passing shook the entertainment community to the core, and he will be sorely missed.
The 20th century certainly had worse war movies, but it also had so many that were far better.
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Thus, it just isn’t worth wasting 92 minutes on this misguided effort.
It’s a decent movie, but far tooforgettable and tepid both tonally and artistically.
The discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry tribes to attack Foster’s small garrison.
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Interesting as the behind-the-scenes might be, a hidden gem in the actor’s filmography this is not.
It’s not one ofthe essential movies of 2001, butBehind Enemy Linesis also not exactly a bad time.
But the way the whole thing is executed makes thisone a truly underrated war movie.
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3’Under Fire' (1983)
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Under Fireis an incredible movie.
It’s spectacular, historically accurate, and an awesome war movie through and through.
The film was a hit at the box office and is stilla quintessential classic of the genrethirty years later.
The claustrophobic setting makes for some of the most intense thrills of any film of the era.
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