A Breakdown of Upcoming War Movies

By Jack December 13, 2001 10:18 AM

It would seem as though Hollywood expected the September 11th tragedy with the onslaught patriotic war movies coming out within the next six or so months. Some seem cheesy and blatant propaganda films and other see like they'd be worth a gander.

Here is a list of some to look forward to:

Buy This Poster	Behind Enemy Lines Directed by: John Moore Written by: Jim Thomas (Mission to Mars, Executive Decision, Predator) Starring: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman Trailer: Click Here Release Date: Currently Playing in Theatres (US) Plot Outline: A Navy pilot 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.
	Black Hawk Down Directed by: Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien) Written by: Mark Bowden (book) Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Piven, Tom Sizemore Trailer: Click Here Release Date: 25 December 2001 (US) Plot Outline: One hundred elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
	We Were Soldiers Directed by: Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask) Written by: Joe Galloway, Hal Moore (book) Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Keri Russell Trailer: Click Here Release Date: 8 March 2002 (US) Plot Outline: None Available.
Buy This Poster	Hart's War Directed by: Gregory Hoblit (Frequency, Fallen, Primal Fear) Written by: John Katzenbach (novel) Starring: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell Trailer: Click Here (released today) Release Date: 22 March 2002 (US) Plot Outline: A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

That's all I can think of for now. All of them looked fairly well made and directed but I have yet to see reviews or criticisms of most of the stories.

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Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on December 13, 2001 1:36 PM

Out of these 4 pictured I have only seen "Behind Enemy Lines". Due to it being a true story (1995) I think it is a pretty good movie and is worth watching, however I love movies, so I'll probably watch them all. I don't think the Sept. 11th Attack has anything to do with the recent bombardment of War flix, since they were most likley made before the Attack.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 14, 2001 4:03 AM

This is nothing new, we've been being fed war movies by the bucket full since the late 90's with the likes of 'Saving private ryan', 'The thin red line', 'U571', 'Enemy at the gates' and more recently 'Windtalkers' and even HBO's 'Band of Brothers'. I don't think Sept 11th has anything to do with it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 14, 2001 4:01 PM

Your point is valid considering films take on on average about a year to make (shoot, post, market & distribute).  The above films were all shot pre-9/11... HOWEVER the trailer and poster  marketing campaigns are probably designed to inspire a patriotic fever because of 9/11.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 27, 2001 5:01 PM

Are you an idiot or just plain brain dead? War is not for you to even speak about, it is sacred only for the likes of Tom Hanks, and true heros like Sizemore and the very, very cute Matt Damon (yummy), you obviously don'yt know squat. Dumb Ass.

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