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 Movie A |
Video A | Audio A+
| Extras B+ | Recommended!
Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim De Almeida,
David Keith, Olek Krupa
director John Moore | Fox Home Entertainment
2001 | Action - Thriller - War | PG-13 | 105 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
| anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
DTS 5.1 |
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: When a navy fighter pilot and
navigator Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) stray off course and are shot down Behind Enemy
Lines, the carrier group commanding officer Leslie Reigart (Gene
Hackman) must make
the tough decision between risking his career and renewing the threat of
war in sending a search and rescue team to extract Burnett, and playing
politics with the NATO senior commanding officer Piquet (Joaquim De
Almeida) to "keep the
peace". This superb, heart-pounding action-thriller will take
you on a gripping emotional roller coaster ride that is likely to stir
your anger, enlist your patriotism, and inspire your cheers. The
visual special effects are top notch and are well integrated into the
film. They were so well produced that I became too immersed in the
action to realize that many scenes were computer generated. The
surface-to-air missile scene was exemplarily produced in this
manner. Until I saw the bonus feature segment, I thought it was
filmed live action. The sound design is equally astounding and had
me taking cover numerous times. Both
DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
soundtracks are available. Don't miss this one!
Special Features: behind-the-scenes
featurette, extended and deleted scenes, pre-visualization ejection sequence, Minority
Report trailer, director John Moore and editor Martin Smith audio
commentary, producers John Davis and Wyck Godrey audio commentary
DVD released on 4/23/2002 | Reviewed 4/4/2002
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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