Synopsis
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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Cast
- Dennis QuaidWillis Davidge
- Louis Gossett Jr.Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
- Brion JamesStubbs
- Richard MarcusArnold
- Carolyn McCormickMorse
- Lance KerwinJoey Wooster
- Bumper RobinsonZammis
- Jim MappOld Drac
- Scott KraftJonathan
- Lou MichaelsWilson
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
Although you probably haven't heard much about Enemy Mine this season, you might want to check it out. You'll be pleasantly surprised. [23 Dec 1985, p.C2] - 80
Variety
It may be a long way to go to a distant sun system to get to a familiar place, but the $33 million project is largely successful in establishing a satisfying bond. - 80
Washington Post
If you are a science-fiction fan (and I am), Enemy Mine is a fun diversion, maintaining a precarious balance between laughable and melodramatic. But you do get the feeling they had hoped for an earth-shaking metaphor. [27 Dec 1985, p.21] - 70
IGN
Enemy Mine is one of my favorite sci-fi films. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie has the potential to be a truly great story about communication between alien species; it could have been a space thriller with a mind and a heart. Instead, it gives us an alien that is too human, too familiar. It takes that amazing planet and gives it food, water, gravity and atmosphere that are suitable for both humans and Dracs. It depends on plot gimmicks like the convenient arrival of enemies and the equally convenient arrival of friends to the rescue. It doesn't dare enough. - 60
Chicago Reader
In trying to cover so many bets, Petersen has created a film without an identifiable style or subject of its own. - 50
Time Out
What the film lacks, however, is the epic vision to match its epic pretensions, something to bind together the action and the ideas. - 30
The New York Times
A costly, awful-looking science-fiction epic with one of the weirdest story lines ever to hit the screen.
