A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
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- 2 nominations
Benjamin A. Onyango
- Colonel Emanuel Okeze
- (as Benjamin Ochieng)
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- TriviaTensions flared between director Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis soon after principal photography began. By the end, they vowed never to work with the other again.
- GoofsImmediately after the initial extraction from the evacuation point that was 7.5 miles from the mission, the helicopters fly over the mission. If it was safe to fly over the mission at low altitude, then why wasn't the evacuation simply conducted at the mission itself? What possible benefit could accrue to the SEAL team or the evacuees by making them hike 7.5 miles through difficult and hostile terrain, for an evacuation about a day later than was possible?
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[last title card]
Title card: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
- Crazy credits"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke
- Alternate versionsDVD Director's Extended Cut is 142 minutes (theatrical version 121 minutes).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Action Heroes: Under Fire (2003)
- SoundtracksYekeleni Part I / Mia's Lullabye
Vocals by Lebo M., Lisa Gerrard
Written by Lisa Gerrard, Steve Jablonsky [Mia's Lullaby]
Written by Heitor Pereira, Lebo M. [Yekeleni Part I]
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Hmmm...where do I start? Should I point out to a recent reviewer, who sarcastically pointed out that Nigeria has an air force and could have bombed the group fleeing through the jungle, that the "bad guys" are rebels, not government forces? Since the rebels just killed everyone in the President's family, they probably scared off the government pilots, too. (Sorry...couldn't resist.)
And since when was a movie so horribly, horribly bad because it couldn't be filmed in the actual location? So what if this was filmed somewhere other than Nigeria? And so what if the music was not "authentic Nigerian music"? I don't remember a title card at the beginning of the movies saying it's a National Geographic documentary.
This is a good movie. Less action than many war movies and less thought than some political dramas. There are good and bad people of all races. There's tension and there are explosions and gunfire. There is ample opportunity to reflect on what mankind is capable of doing to each other for political reasons.
Give it a chance and I think you'll enjoy it. Better yet, I think you'll be sombered by it.
And since when was a movie so horribly, horribly bad because it couldn't be filmed in the actual location? So what if this was filmed somewhere other than Nigeria? And so what if the music was not "authentic Nigerian music"? I don't remember a title card at the beginning of the movies saying it's a National Geographic documentary.
This is a good movie. Less action than many war movies and less thought than some political dramas. There are good and bad people of all races. There's tension and there are explosions and gunfire. There is ample opportunity to reflect on what mankind is capable of doing to each other for political reasons.
Give it a chance and I think you'll enjoy it. Better yet, I think you'll be sombered by it.
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- Hostile Act
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- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,734,876
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,057,213
- Mar 9, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $86,468,162
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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