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During a bloody battle, two warring ships crash on a barren planet, with only one survivor from each ship. At first, the human pilot and the lizardlike Drac continue to fight, but the planet's harsh climate and the need to survive force them to form a tense alliance. Over time, they put old hostilities aside and form a .. Read more

Starring	Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus
Director	Wolfgang Petersen
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- "...ENEMY MINE is largely successful in establishing a satisfying bond....[The photography] manages to capture vast panoramas while maintaining the human scale of the story..."
- 10382
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  - 4
  Schmalzy
  
  I remember liking this when I was a teenager. Returning to it now nearly 20 years later I found 30mins of buttock-clenchingly embarrassing cliches (I turned it ... read more »
  
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  - Simes69
  - 22 reviews
  - Sevenoaks
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 14:36
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  enemy mine
  
  I really enjoyed this film, good old fashioned sci-fi low budget for the most part, some ham acting
  
  just about everything you need for a total flop ... read more »
  
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- - gazcrit
  - 10 reviews
  - leigh-on-sea
  - 09 Nov 2010 at 23:59
- - 2
  - 0
  a remarkable piece of acting by Louis Gossett Jr.
  
  Quaid plays Quaid in this movie - the undoubted star of this movie is the great Louis Gossett Jr. who plays the alien. The plot in this movie goes a bit awray ... read more »
  
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- - majortom2001
  - 64 reviews
  - Worthing, UK
  - 29 May 2010 at 11:57
- - 1
  - 0
  enemy mine
  
  thought this film was great when it first came out and its still great now and watched it with a few friends over that has never saw it before and they thought ... read more »
  
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- - reaper619
  - 9 reviews
  - Dalkeith
  - 27 Sep 2009 at 00:41
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  Enemy Mine
  
  Directed by German, WOLFGANG PETERSEN, made with a mostly German crew and shot at Bavaria Film Studios in Munich, ENEMY MINE was probably the breakthrough ... read more »
  
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- - MAXIMILIAN
  - 154 reviews
  - BURNHAM
  - 17 Aug 2009 at 13:09
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  - 0
  outdated crap
  
  I decided to re-visit this film. However, I quickly realised that even though it had an original story line, the rest of the film (particularly the standard of ... read more »
  
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  - Suhail Ahmad
  - Leicester, England
  - 08 May 2009 at 15:20
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  patronising, but rise above it and it's a good watch
  
  it's a less-than-subtle black and white thing, with undertones of colonialism but put that in its' box and its a decent sci-fi.
  
  watch when ... read more »
  
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- - knightrider81
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Apr 2009 at 12:07
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  Brilliant!!
  
  I saw this film years ago and loved it then as well. Great story line of friendship between man and alien. I highly recommend renting this film.
  
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- - Nans
  - 4 reviews
  - Milford Haven
  - 27 Mar 2009 at 08:31
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  - 0
  It don't matter if you're black or white
  
  Notwithstanding the thinly veiled racist clichés, I was engaged by the story in the first half. Two people stranded and alone in a hostile environment, ... read more »
  
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- - rpere008
  - 20 reviews
  - Bangor
  - 21 Feb 2009 at 19:14
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  - 0
  Riding the special bus.
  
  Awful.
  
  As a sci-fi? Baseless and moronic.
  
  As an action feature? Slow mo.
  
  As a showcase for the actor's talents? Keep '... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bedford
  - 18 Jan 2009 at 08:53
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  Worth the Effort
  
  Almost a four. What I remember from the release of the film put me off it at the time as being alittle far fetched, even for what is loosely called 'Sci-Fi... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Leicester
  - 15 Dec 2008 at 23:08
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- - 11
  - 4
  Schmalzy
  
  I remember liking this when I was a teenager. Returning to it now nearly 20 years later I found 30mins of buttock-clenchingly embarrassing cliches (I turned it ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 14066
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Simes69
  - 22 reviews
  - Sevenoaks
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 14:36
- - 4
  - 0
  My interest in this ...
  
  My interest in this excellent film is twofold really; firstly the alien landscape shots were filmed in the Canary Islands on Lanzarote, a favourite holiday ... read more »
  
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- - HD
  - 148 reviews
  - West Midlands
  - 15 Apr 2004 at 08:22
- - 4
  - 1
  Above Average Sci-Fi Cheese
  
  Enemy Mine starts with a bang, paying homage to 50s sci-fi B movies. It then swerves into sentimental territory preaching equality between species, and ends ... read more »
  
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- - Clamps!
  - Bristol, UK
  - 11 May 2004 at 21:38
- - 3
  - 0
  None too shabby.
  
  While this is an endearing film, it fails to capture the true sentimentality and affection that Davidge and Jerry shared for eachother in it's first ... read more »
  
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- - thechaplain
  - 3 reviews
  - North Yorkshire
  - 25 Jul 2008 at 21:30
- - 2
  - 0
  a remarkable piece of acting by Louis Gossett Jr.
  
  Quaid plays Quaid in this movie - the undoubted star of this movie is the great Louis Gossett Jr. who plays the alien. The plot in this movie goes a bit awray ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 894744
- - majortom2001
  - 64 reviews
  - Worthing, UK
  - 29 May 2010 at 11:57
- - 1
  - 0
  The futility of hatred
  
  I thought I had tied into a shoot em up sci fi flick, but this turned into a morality lession even if it was fairly obvious at times. A well shot movie which ... read more »
  
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  - Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
  - 31 Jan 2005 at 12:04
- - 1
  - 0
  Class film
  
  Although this film is very old I stumbled on it several years ago on video, after that I could not find it again. But when I joined Dvdsontap I requested for ... read more »
  
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- - sentinal1
  - Lancashire
  - 08 Dec 2003 at 10:06
- - 1
  - 0
  great sci-fi but ageing badly
  
  Wolfgang Peterson updated,the classic John Boorman film hell in the pacific starring two film greats Lee Marvin & Toshiro Mifune.
  
  And he remade ... read more »
  
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- - Nicola
  - Sleaford,Lincolnshire
  - 19 Jan 2008 at 13:42
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  enemy mine
  
  thought this film was great when it first came out and its still great now and watched it with a few friends over that has never saw it before and they thought ... read more »
  
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- 815038
- - reaper619
  - 9 reviews
  - Dalkeith
  - 27 Sep 2009 at 00:41
- - 0
  - 0
  Old Mr Dennis Quaid ...
  
  Old Mr Dennis Quaid must have made lots of movies in a short space of time, for where is he now? Still, a fairly good movie for Sci Fi buffs into 80's ... read more »
  
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- 28988
- - LEE#35
  - LONDON
  - 27 Feb 2004 at 09:34

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- Enemy Mine
  
  During a bloody battle, two warring ships crash on a barren planet, with only one survivor from each ship. At first, the human pilot and the lizardlike Drac continue to fight, but the planet's harsh climate and the need to survive force them to form a tense alliance. Over time, they put old ...