What with The Last Castle and Behind Enemy Lines, 2001 sees patriotism American-style firmly on the menu.

The villains of this piece are Eastern European rebels, who shoot down his plane over Bosnia after he spots something he shouldn't really see during a reconnaissance mission.

In an electrifying scene, Wilson and his pilot tumble through a forest and land in hostile territory with the enemy on their trail.

Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart (a woefully underused Gene Hackman) still has radio contact with him and prepares to launch a rescue mission.

But Nato supremo Admiral Piquet (Joaquim de Almeida) thinks it's too much of a risk, pulls rank and cancels the attempt.

So our hero is on his own, and it's not long before Serbian nasties with unlimited amounts of ammunition are blasting away at him as he ducks and weaves.

It doesn't help matters that Owen has to skirt landmines and tank-traps with no support from base - just Gene Hackman telling him to "survive and evade".

However, on the plus side he is being trailed by Serbia's worst sniper -Tracker (Vladimir Mashkov) - who probably couldn't hit a tank from 20 paces.

First-time director John Moore cut his teeth on commercials - and it shows.

Editing is fast and furious and some scenes - particularly the ejection - stunningly shot but this leaves little room for characterisation.

In the current climate, there's bound to be more movies where this came from and if you go into jingoism mode there's worse ways to spend your time.