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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
In War There Are Some Lines You Should Never Cross. more
Plot:
A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him. full summary | add synopsis
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Rescue
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Navy
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Navigator
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Reconnaissance
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Mine Field
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Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(36 articles)
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'Queen & Country': All the single action heroines get your hands up
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Great sets and good suspense and action make for a worthy viewing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Owen Wilson | ... | Lt. Chris Burnett |
 | Gene Hackman | ... | Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart |
 | Gabriel Macht | ... | Stackhouse |
 | Charles Malik Whitfield | ... | Capt. Rodway, USMC |
 | David Keith | ... | Master Chief Tom O'Malley |
 | Olek Krupa | ... | Miroslav Lokar |
 | Joaquim de Almeida | ... | Admiral Piquet (as Joaquim De Almeida) |
 | Vladimir Mashkov | ... | Sasha |
| Marko Igonda | ... | Bazda |
 | Eyal Podell | ... | Petty Officer Kennedy |
| Geoffrey Pierson | ... | Admiral Donnelly (as Geoff Pierson) |
| Aernout Van Lynden | ... | Aernout Van Lynden |
 | Sam Jaeger | ... | Red Crown Operator #1 |
 | Shane Johnson | ... | Red Crown Operator #2 (as Shane Mikael Johnson) |
| Don Winston | ... | Red Crown Operator #3 |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for war violence and some language.
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Runtime:
106 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
UK:12 |
South Korea:12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) |
Denmark:15 |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Australia:M (original rating) |
Ireland:12 |
UK:15 (DVD/VHS release) |
Ireland:15 (DVD/VHS release) |
Argentina:13 |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Hungary:14 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R13 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38516) |
Iceland:16
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This feature is included in the first wave of Blu-Ray releases by Fox. A total of five movies were included in this initial wave. The others being: Fantastic Four (2005), Ice Age (2002), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).
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Continuity: In the opening scene, an aircraft is being readied for launch from the starboard bow cat. However, the type of aircraft being readied switches between an F-14 and an F/A-18, depending on the camera angle.
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Quotes:
Capt. Rodway, USMC:
We each have our jobs. Now I'm a Marine. That means I do the serious work. You're a Navy Pilot. That means that you sit here and... eat jello.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)
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Soundtrack:
That's all right
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I enjoyed this film. It was a great mix of action and suspense, with some very realistic cinematography.
Basic plot - the Bosnian War is coming to an end, and from a US Navy carrier in the Adriatic, Owen Wilson and his pilot fly out on the last recon mission of the war, but are taken down by a surface-to-air missile. The rest of the film is about Wilson trying to get rescued while he is chased down psycho-genocidal Bosnian Serbs. You see, Wilson's plane took pictures of something the Serbs didn't want seeing.
The film is augmented by some superb cinematography, and very realistic sets, which really capture the cold and miserable setting in which the story is depicted.
I have to admit that Owen Wilson was an odd casting for the role, but he surprised me by not grossly annoying me too much, and seems to carry the serious role pretty well.
Gene Hackman carries well the role of the Admiral, frustrated when attempts to rescue Wilson are blocked by his NATO-command boss over "political-sensitivities".
The Serbs, particularly the psycho paramilitary guy in the tracksuit, are nasty, efficient and ruthless, and whilst I've noticed some criticism of this film for it being jingoistic and anti-Serb, one has to question whether this depiction *was* inaccurate or not... From what I recall the Bosnian Serb military were not nice people, and this film reminding us of that, I believe, is a perfectly valid point.
There is a lack of realism at times in the film, especially toward the end, where Wilson seems to dodge a million bullets emerging from an entire brigade, including armour vehicles etc., but don't let this detract. It's definitely worth a view.