Corrected entry: The landmines that both Owen Wilson and the Serbian soldier encounter are known as prom-1. These have a firing pin in them so when you step on them they go off. So when the soldier steps on it in the woods, it would have gone off instantly. Plus, they are a bouncing betty type mine, which means when they fire, they come up about three feet in the air and explode to take out your internal organs. This didn't happen in the factory scene, where you can see smoking holes.
The-Immortal
17th May 2002
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
13th Oct 2004
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Corrected entry: It is extremely unlikely that the pilot would be left right out in the open to be found as he was. Burnett would have carried/helped him to cover and hidden the parachutes.
Correction: First of all they didn't expect any soldiers or anything to find them, that's why Burnett left his co-pilot where he was. Secondly the co-pilot was injured and knew that Burnett wouldn't be gone for long as he suggested just to go to the top of the hill, after that he could come back down and move him slowly to a different location for pickup/rescue.
They would have expected the enemy soldiers to find them if they stayed where they were since they would know that if the enemy soldiers fired a missile at them, they would watch the missile (if such a chase could happen in real life) chase in case they managed to survive, and eject, and watch them parachute so they could track them to see where they landed to check to make sure they're dead.
7th May 2005
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Corrected entry: In the scene where the on-board camera is activated to photograph troop movements, there is a cut to a close-up of a rectangular green indicator light labeled 'REC' switching on. The function of this indicator is to show that the radar system is in receive-only mode (to avoid detection). It is completely unrelated to any surveillance system which may be installed.
Correction: That Label "REC", it could also stand for "Record or Recording", right ? As in the images of troops movements and the mass grave site are now on that Digital Disk from the recording.
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Correction: The two scenes and mines are completely unrelated to each other both with completely different ways of taking out its intended target, and also we don't see the death of the soldier in the woods all we see is him stepping on it, he doesn't step off, the moment this would occur as you said it, the bomb would fly up approx 3 feet and explode.
The-Immortal