Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine
PG-13 | 20 December 1985 (USA)
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A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

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FeistyUpper

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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BelSports

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Taha Avalos

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Geraldine

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Blueghost

I'm not a huge fan of this film, and I'll try and be as objective as possible here. I think it's an okay sort of run-in-the-mill movie that was striving for more, and probably hit a few chords with die-hard "watch anything" science fiction fanatics.It's reasonably shot, but has that 1980's Hollywood gloss to it that's somewhat reminiscent of the look for Spielberg's films; lots of light and colors. Which I think is okay, but for some reason the film doesn't hit me as being too interesting. It's interesting enough for what it is, but it's not a film I have in my collection.Quaid and Gosset make for an interesting duo, but Star Wars this movie isn't. The thing that strikes me about this movies is that Gosset isn't alien enough, and how the two characters develop strikes me as being Hollywood being Hollywood. Two different species probably wouldn't get along so well, much less be able to communicate so easily.The other thing is that the film has a very studio look to it. A few location shots out in the desert someplace would have helped this film a great deal, as well as perhaps tweaking the script some. That is to say the premise is interesting enough, but I don't think the film went far enough to make the social rift between two species alien to one another more apparent. I could geek out on it, but I'll refrain.All in all it's okay for what it is, but I think there's a better scifi film to be made.Take that for what it's worth.

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Zettelhead

This movie was made in 1985 by a once great director but it looks like made in 1965 by some cretinous dilettante. Everything just feels badly made up and carried out. The set-design is awful, the sfx are poor, the script is clumsy, implausible and offers no believable development of characters, and the musical score is probably one of the worst ever made! The only thing that is amazing is the acting of L. Gossett Jr. which even works through the massive latex mask.The rest is just... oh, forget about it. It is just unbelievable that those who made it did not die of embarrassment, like I would do.

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Wuchak

This 1985 sci-fi film combines the plot of Robinson Crusoe with TV's Odd Couple and the Star Trek episode "Arena"( #19). The story takes place during the late 21st century when there's an interstellar war between humans and Dracs (reptilian humanoids). After a space dogfight, a human (Dennis Quaid) and a Drac (Louis Gossett Jr.) crashland on a barren alien planet. Quaid's intentions are originally hostile toward the reptile man but a friendship slowly develops as they work together to survive.I read some good reviews about this film, some even giving it a stellar 5-Star rating, so I thought I'd better check it out. Well, I was quite a bit let down. Don't get me wrong, it's an okay sci-fi film and the message is a good one, but it's certainly not a 5-Star classic (or even 4-Star).What piqued my interest was that it was described as a "character study" more so than a juvenile space dogfight flick. Yeah, there's a little character study but it's nothing deep. You'd do better to watch practically any of the original Star Trek episodes as far as that goes. Take for instance the episode "Arena" (which the movie heavily borrows from) where Capt. Kirk is stuck on a deserted planet with a reptilian alien called a Gorn. Kirk doesn't develop a friendship with the Gorn but he does refuse to kill him at the end, which opens the door for warmer relations down the road. This episode is better than "Enemy Mine" on practically every level with the exception of F/X, which are a bit better in the film, comparable to the F/X in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.The so-called character study in "Enemy Mine" is on the level of TV's Odd Couple, with Quaid in the Oscar role and Gossett in the Felix role. Too cute.In addition, there are numerous awkward moments in the filmmaking, plus a character dies prematurely (so much for the character study) and then there's a cringe-inducing pregnancy/birth sequence, believe it or not.They try to beef-up the sci-fi at the end but it fails to create much suspense. The story simply isn't very captivating.BOTTOM LINE: This is an okay mid-80s sci-fi flick, nothing more. It's too derivative, too light, too awkward, too saccharine and not very compelling. The message of the film is good but that itself can't turn something mediocre into something good or great.Most fans of this film are likely people who originally saw it as kids and now view it with nostalgia-tinged glasses.GRADE: C- or D+

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gwnightscream

Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. star in Wolgang Petersen's 1985 sci-fi film. This takes place in the future where a battle between humans and toad-like aliens, Dracs occurs in space. Fighter pilot, Willis Davidge (Quaid) crashes and gets stranded on a strange planet with one of the Dracs, Jeriba (Gossett). At first, they despise each other, but as time goes on, they become friends while trying to survive. Davidge and Jerry also teach each other their languages and Davige calls Jeriba, Jerry. Soon, Jerry gives birth to a baby, Zammis and Davidge looks after him as his Uncle. I've always liked this film, Dennis and Louis are great together, The alien make-up effects are great as well as the score. I recommend this good, underrated sci-fi flick.

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