behind enemy lines

owen wilson as an action hero? umm... i'm not so sure about that one. in this film wilson plays an air force pilot who goes out on a routine parameter flight, and get shot down behind enemy lines (oh, so that's where the title comes from...). his captain, played by gene hackman, must do whatever he can to get the pilot back. the action follows wilson as he must try and get back to the safe zone and bring back the information he has gotten. there are some good action scenes, the plane being shot down has some strong style to it, the most memorable scene to me was the satellite shot where hackman and the team watches as wilson is chased by the bad guys. hackman is a natural here, he has already played this role before in crimson tide (this time though, he's actually a nice guy), but i'm not entirely sure about wilson as the action star. i really like him in other films, especially with jackie chan in the 'shanghi' movies, but i think he is better suited for comedy than straight action. he does a passable job, but he becomes a generic actor instead of the witty and funny wilson we know and love. his particular skills are not fitted for this type of film. it's like an artist making greeting cards- they can do it, but it's not their full potential.