Behind Enemy Lines (2001) - Full Reaction
Added 2023-06-18 09:00:03 +0000 UTCThis was more of almost a survival movie than a war movie. I have since looked up and read about this and again, seems it's not very historically accurate but for a movie and this story, it was suspenseful, heart pounding and I enjoyed Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman so much! Sorry about the audio, we had a little mishap with some settings/knobs being changed. Hopefully, you can still enjoy it! Everything Everywhere All At Once and Quantum of Solace will be up tomorrow!
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The Thin Red Line is a must watch. It's about the Battle of Guadalcanal. It's a film i wished I had seen in the theater. Very moving and heartfelt. I think you would like it Cassie. Carly, not so much.
Gideon James
2023-07-16 13:07:09 +0000 UTCHeartbreak Ridge is really underrated in my opinion and Hacksaw Ridge is one of my favourite War films
Dean Holt
2023-07-03 18:23:50 +0000 UTCCheck out 1988's Bat 21. Based on a true story, and Gene Hackman and Danny Glover are great in it.
Guy Gordon
2023-06-26 08:11:55 +0000 UTCYeah... do that 🙂
Björn Karlsson
2023-06-21 18:26:05 +0000 UTCHaven't seen them! But Indictment is on my list of movies to watch.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-06-21 17:17:20 +0000 UTCGene Hackman was in fact in the US Marine Corps, completed boot camp in 1947 and was sent to be stationed in China as a radio operator. And next war movie should be 13 Hours! Lol
Gilbert Gonzalez
2023-06-21 10:18:52 +0000 UTCThis was a great reaction, I just cannot help but smile and laugh every time I see your shock and awe expressions on your face, it's one of the many reasons why I became a subscriber and patron lol! It's too bad this movie doesn't get much recognition as it should, because it's a good action/war like movie with a strong enough message! It's funny how most movies that might be slightly successful, can just fall under the radar and become a forgotten gem! I haven't seen this movie in a long time and I forgot how good it was! Great reaction Cassie, much love and support, and as always [snaps fingers and winks] stay classy Cassie🥰😁😉👍🌹
Wesley White
2023-06-21 08:35:51 +0000 UTCSpeaking of No Escape. No Escape with Ray Liotta. I just love that movie.
Philip Alan
2023-06-21 03:13:19 +0000 UTCThis movie is too underrated. It’s even better than Top Gun
Russell Teo
2023-06-20 21:13:53 +0000 UTCHow good are Indictment: McMartin Trial and Show me love?? 😜😏😆 Good enough for a request perhaps?? 😉😉😆😆
Björn Karlsson
2023-06-20 10:21:48 +0000 UTCHell or High Water is a superb movie. It would make for an excellent reaction.
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-20 03:36:42 +0000 UTCNever enjoyed this movie. Owen Wilson just isn’t a strong dramatic actor IMO.
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-20 03:35:40 +0000 UTCI haven't seen this in about 20 years. I liked it back then but not really as an adult. I felt like they were trying too hard to make an amazing 10/10 movie when all they had the tools for was a good popcorn flick. It's not a bad movie, just not a really good one either. 5/10
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-06-20 01:18:01 +0000 UTCMidway 2019 is one of my favorites. Such a good movie!
Josh Phillips
2023-06-19 19:40:01 +0000 UTCMy sentiments precisely
Jimmy Smith
2023-06-19 14:42:11 +0000 UTCAnother good Owen Wilson survivor type movie is NO ESCAPE with Peirce Brosnan. It will definitely have you on the edge of your seat.
Shawn Kildal
2023-06-19 07:39:37 +0000 UTCAgreed!
JL_83
2023-06-19 06:13:46 +0000 UTCExcellent reaction Cassie! Haven’t seen this movie since it came out. Took a minute to get past Owen Wilson starring in a military role, but once I did. I thought he did a good job. My recommendation for your next movie would be Tears of the Sun. Starring Bruce Willis.
Robert da Spruce
2023-06-19 04:34:52 +0000 UTC"Popcorn in the Trenches"
David Crabtree
2023-06-19 04:15:12 +0000 UTCYES, Gene Hackman was in the Marines 1947 - 1952 he broke his leg in a motorcycle accident. He crashed into a tractor that had no lights breaking his right leg, right shoulder, and left knee leaving him unfit for active service. At the age of 20 he was discharged as a disabled veteran. He moved back home with his parents in Illinois to study journalism and TV production at the University of Illinois. Then moved to California in 1957 to study acting. There, befriended another aspiring actor, Dustin Hoffman. 😊👍
Larry
2023-06-19 03:46:36 +0000 UTCEnjoyed the reaction to one of my favorites! Highly recommend watching Hell or High Water with Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine if you haven’t already watched it. One of the best movies of the last ten years IMO.
Craig Cooper
2023-06-19 03:34:55 +0000 UTCCassie's seen some of these, but here are my favorite military-related films: 1) The Patriot 2) Top Gun: Maverick 3) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4) A Few Good Men 5) Saving Private Ryan 6) Heartbreak Ridge 7) Top Gun 8) Patton 9) American Sniper 10) Crimson Tide 11) Hacksaw Ridge 12)Men of Honor 13) Rules of Engagement 14) Pearl Harbor 15) Sands of Iwo Jima 16) Battle: Los Angeles 17) Midway (1976 version) 18) Behind Enemy Lines 19)To The Shores of Tripoli 20) Gung Ho!
David Crabtree
2023-06-19 00:33:39 +0000 UTCCassie, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now who was directed by Francis Ford Coppola who did Godfather, Godfather Part II which you have watched Zero Dark Thirty, all great war movies. The Dirty Dozen, is the movie they mention in Sleepless In Seattle Flags Of Our Fathers, and Letters From Iwo Jima, two movies that are directed by Clint Eastwood
Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)
2023-06-19 00:22:40 +0000 UTCI always thought that Platoon was a great movie.
Uncle Phoenix
2023-06-18 23:44:02 +0000 UTCBat21 was a great movie.
Uncle Phoenix
2023-06-18 23:35:42 +0000 UTCTHE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI is a reaction that is still owed to us, as she committed to watch the runner up of the Classics Chaos bracket. Maybe because the subject, WW2 POW's was the same subject as the bracket winner, THE GREAT ESCAPE. I don't know why she won't watch it.
Mike LL
2023-06-18 22:44:08 +0000 UTC13 Hours....great film!
Jacob Colson
2023-06-18 22:05:25 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! I adore this movie, I think it's very underrated. For a future war movie recommendation, I recommend 2016's, "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi", a movie, like the book, completely faithful to the events that happened on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi. A truly remarkable film. If you like John Krasinski in Jack Ryan, you'll love him in this.
David Crabtree
2023-06-18 21:21:47 +0000 UTCLots of action. Been a long time sense I saw this movie. I remembered some of it. Great reaction, Cassie. Thanks for the fun time. The movies on Midway are good. There are two movies on Midway. The original from 1976 that I grew up on and the modern one from 2019. I am not sure which version to recommend for you. I guess you would probably like the newer one better.
Rick Williams
2023-06-18 20:42:23 +0000 UTCCassie, if you haven't seen it The Thin Red Line is arguably the best contemporary (1998) films about WW2. It's about the South Pacific and the Battle of Guadalcanal. I saw it over a year ago and still think about it constantly. Thanks for all that you do.
Gideon James
2023-06-18 20:24:02 +0000 UTCIt's funny that many here judge the newer war movies on their accuracy, then go on to recommend the older war movies. My father, a Marine veteran of both WWII and the Korean War would watch the older war movies and point out all the inaccuracies, sometimes laughing out loud at how far off the mark they were. Some things never change in Hollywood, and lack of accuracy is one of those things
Richard Maurer
2023-06-18 19:02:11 +0000 UTCKeeping with the theme of historical inaccuracies. and as pertains to the movie Battle of the Bulge: (Allied forces commander) Eisenhower came out of retirement and held a press conference to denounce the film for what he considered its gross historical inaccuracy. I own a copy of the movie. still occasionally re watch it Just know it's not history
Jon Freezin-Rain
2023-06-18 18:48:23 +0000 UTCGlad I’ve got it on blu ray, intact. Thanks for the info.
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-18 18:09:44 +0000 UTCAlso, I would presume in the context and setting of the movie it was common back in the day to use such slurs and it's not like other parts of the movie are free of racism anyway. Interestingly, I think Disney only updated the movie in the US market, internationally it is still streaming with the original cut. I guess one more reason to keep buying physical media. They can't alter what you have on the shelf.
Gábor Árki
2023-06-18 18:08:44 +0000 UTCThat’s a shame and it shows that they missed the point. The Popeye character was an effective cop, but also a deeply flawed person as demonstrated by his racism. That kind of nuance is no longer allowed.
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-18 17:52:40 +0000 UTC- Combat Cinema Club - Military Movie Marathon
Gábor Árki
2023-06-18 17:36:51 +0000 UTCIt’s not very historically accurate, but still a fun watch! Owen Wilson did an awesome job playing a downed pilot. If you’re interested in how an event like this would really play out, here’s a great short video on the shoot down of Lt. Devon Jones and Lt. Lawrence Slade during Operation Desert Storm. https://youtu.be/jYTES85S1kI
Josh Phillips
2023-06-18 17:28:18 +0000 UTCI guess we need a "War movie of the month" naming contest? "Military Movie of the Month? = MMoM?" 😂
Jon Johns
2023-06-18 17:15:45 +0000 UTCThey completely removed a short scene between Hackman's and Scheider's character, possibly due to few racial slurs.
Gábor Árki
2023-06-18 17:05:55 +0000 UTC@Mike LL, or WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968). But I only picked the top ones which might have a chance on a poll. @Michael A Lipke: I was on the fence regarding THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, because it is WW2, but I would rather classify it to a POW subgenre which could be a separate WMW poll alongside EMPIRE OF THE SUN, UNBROKEN, etc. I guess PLATOON and APOCALYPSE NOW could have a big fight on a Vietnam war movie poll.
Gábor Árki
2023-06-18 16:33:48 +0000 UTCI hate to hear that. What did they censor?
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-18 16:27:25 +0000 UTCOnly issue with The French Connection is that it has recently been censored on all streaming services, so to view the film properly, she would have to do so via a physical version.
Tyler Foster
2023-06-18 16:20:26 +0000 UTCThis has been one of my favorites since I saw it in the theater on release.
Greg S.
2023-06-18 16:19:41 +0000 UTC👍
Ike
2023-06-18 16:12:21 +0000 UTCBridge over the river Kwai, Platoon. I like your suggestions; Cassie is getting bad advice for a lot of her movie choices lately.
zynjams
2023-06-18 15:51:43 +0000 UTCwho is suggesting these awful movies.
zynjams
2023-06-18 15:48:49 +0000 UTCLike I said, he is a real asshole.
Alex Gorell
2023-06-18 15:29:13 +0000 UTCWell, unlike Scott, Lt. Burnett (Owen Wilson) did everything right. The film may have been loosely based on the events of Operation Deny Flight in ‘95, but the connections stop there. And I would have pointed out to O’Grady, that he isn’t the first pilot to be rescued “behind enemy lines.” I flew in a USAF rescue squadron and always found his recollection of events in speeches quite preposterous. I am however glad that Cassie enjoyed it.
Ike
2023-06-18 15:25:21 +0000 UTCAnyone else want to send Cassie and Carr’s dad DVD’s; because I really think that Grandpa Popcorn would love “The Abyss”, “The 13th Warrior”, “Presumed Innocent”, and “Night Falls on Manhattan”.
Uncle Phoenix
2023-06-18 15:24:00 +0000 UTCI would love to see such a poll. There were so many good war movies made pre 1980's. THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967), another fictional war/heist movie, and THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1965) which contained the relief of Bastogne and other subjects touched upon in Band of Brothers.
Mike LL
2023-06-18 15:08:17 +0000 UTCPulling for 'Tora Tora Tora' for a December 7th reaction..
Celeste McAllister
2023-06-18 15:03:31 +0000 UTCLong on drama,short on historical accuracy,still better than 'Pearl Harbor'..HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!💙💙💙
Celeste McAllister
2023-06-18 15:00:50 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed Cassie's emotional reaction but I'm still not a fan of this movie. I saw it once after it came out. It didn't win me back then either, and now even after the second viewing, I think it's a bit too sensationalistic in its style, especially during the action scenes, and I'm not a fan of the photography and editing either. Cassie, to answer your question Gene Hackman was in the military. He lied about his age and joined the Marines at age 16. But he wasn't a great soldier, he had trouble with authority and was even demoted. My suggestion for the next WMW poll: Classic WW2 movies. The top requested pre 1980 war movies from Popcorn Requests are: - PATTON (1970): A biographical war movie about General Patton - KELLY'S HEROES (1970): A fictional war/heist movie - A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977): One of the most historically accurate war movies about the retake of the Netherlands - THE LONGEST DAY (1962): The events of D-Day - TORA! TORA! TORA (1970): The better Pearl Harbor movie
Gábor Árki
2023-06-18 14:23:45 +0000 UTCScott O’Grady is my second cousin on my mothers side. While on public he gave the movie good ratings he actually really hates it because of how they portrayed him and how they made up stuff and left other stuff out. I find this movie funny because they make him seem like a much better person than he actually is because in He’s a real asshole in real life. He sued the studio for this movie over it.
Alex Gorell
2023-06-18 13:38:16 +0000 UTCCassie, the best advice I can give you on historical accuracy in films is don't bother looking for it, because it's not going to be there. In fact looking for accuracy about any subject in films is basically a lost cost. Take Jaws for instance, real great white sharks behave nothing like the one in that movie. In fact people have free dived with them on a number of occasions, I've even seen footage of a diver holding on to the dorsal fin of one and getting a ride. The point being it's best to watch movies and take them them for what they are - stories that are just peoples romanticized version of the truth. Sort of like a urban legend, just on a much larger scale.
Richard Maurer
2023-06-18 13:38:08 +0000 UTCHaven’t seen this one in forever; honestly the only thing I remember is Gene Hackman’s character picking up the radio and shouting: Burnett!
JL_83
2023-06-18 12:47:14 +0000 UTCThree Gene Hackman films I'd recommend to Cassie: The French Connection, The Quick and the Dead and Heist
Just Plain Bob
2023-06-18 12:41:26 +0000 UTCWhat about Jerimiah Johnson? :P
Allen Bond
2023-06-18 11:44:28 +0000 UTCNot historically accurate is putting it politely. O’Grady literally sued Fox for this movie. So they made 3 or 4 more hahaha.
djKENTO
2023-06-18 11:24:51 +0000 UTCLove Gene Hackman in just about everything. Funny thing is that this movie has a simular premise as Bat*21, also with Gene (and Danny Glover).
Pickupthepieces76
2023-06-18 10:07:48 +0000 UTCGosh, I haven't seen this movie in a long time! I'll admit, I almost forgot it existed lol! I'll definitely have to check it out! However, I'll be watching your full length reaction of Die Hard 2 tonight when I get home from work later today, for the first time lol! I recently finally watched your full length on the first one for the first time and I loved it! And another thing, like I already told you that some friends of mine recently went to Universal Studios, prior to that, my friends and I binged watch your YT edit reactions of the Jurassic franchise to kinda put us in the mood for Universal for the next day lol, just thought I'd share that lol! I'll watch it when I get a chance and give you my commentary about it lol! Have a Happy Father's Day on behalf of your father and mine and many others around the world! Much love and support, you're the best, and as always [snaps fingers] stay classy Cassie🥰😁😉👍🌹
Wesley White
2023-06-18 10:03:27 +0000 UTCThis is one of my dad's favorites. It's not one of mine but it does have its moments. Funny that Cassie is making fun of Owen Wilson feeling out of place almost immediately.
KTVindicare
2023-06-18 09:16:10 +0000 UTC
