The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,712 audience votes
Key crew
- Don DavisOriginal Music Composer
- John MooreDirector
- Zak PennScreenplay
- David VelozScreenplay
Cast
- Owen WilsonLt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
- Gene HackmanAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
- Gabriel MachtLt. Jeremy 'Smoke' Stackhouse
- Olek KrupaGeneral Miroslav Lokar
- Vladimir MashkovTracker (Sasha)
- Marko IgondaBazda
- David KeithMaster Chief Tom O'Malley
- Charles Malik WhitfieldCapt. Glen Rodway, USMC
- Eyal PodellPetty Officer Kennedy
- Joaquim de AlmeidaAdmiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
- Geoff PiersonAdmiral Donnelly
- Kamil KollárikBabic ('Ice Cube')
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Themes
sniperwar crimesbosnia and herzegovinarescue missionmarine corpsu.s. navybased on true storynorth atlantic treaty organization (nato)naval officerbosnian war (1992-95)serbianatrocity
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