"Behind Enemy Lines" falls victim to the worst enemy of all, Hollywood. When will filmmakers learn that we don't always need slow-motion, bullets blazing, death defying jumps and close-up reaction shots all taking place in the final 2 minutes of a movie.

Owen Wilson stars as a Navy pilot who has lost his will to be in the service. He is tired of doing drills and not seeing any action. He is tired of fighting so-called wars against enemies that may not actually exist. So with that attitude he feels he is better suited to be gone from the military. He hands his note requesting discharge to his commander, Adm. Reigart, played by Gene Hackman who basically sleepwalks through the role reciting lines he has said many times before.(And much better as in "Crimson Tide")

As a little payback, Reigart sends Wilson and his copilot on a photographic reconnaissance mission. While they are flying over they get a reading on the screen that shows some activity, going against better judgment they fly into a no-fly zone and see something they shouldn't.

The problem is the Serbian bad guys have seen the F/A-18F Hornet go streaking across the sky. As they send missiles off to shoot the plane down one of the most intense flight sequences I've ever seen takes place. The plane is dodging the missiles and you feel like you are in the cockpit flying the plane, it is an amazing scene and gets you ready for an edge of your seat military thriller.

Before the plane crashes Wilson and his copilot eject and float to the earth. Wilson makes his way to his partner only to find that he has been injured, and eventually killed by the bad guys. Now we get "The Fugitive" in Bosnia. Owen Wilson spends the rest of his time running around hiding in strange places and getting help from people you wouldn't expect.

There are some harrowing scenes but in the end it is all about Hackman's character speaking into the intercom on an aircraft carrier to Wilson listening in on his walkie-talkie and trying to give him pep talks.

Throw in some problems with NATO and a treaty that prohibits the Navy from going in a getting Wilson because he is not in a "free area" and you have all the more reasons for Hackman to grimace and growl.

Sure it is a good flag waving film, but with the intensity of the beginning to some fun acting by Wilson and Hackman doing a role we know, the finale is so Hollywood-ish that it made my skin crawl. Director John Moore took what could have been a nice tight thriller and turned it into an unbelievably goofy ending.