Review of Enemy Mine (1985) by Corey W — 16 Apr 2012

I had to write a paper on this film so my judgement might be a little biased, but I still think that I was able to grasp it in it's proper context. Enemy Mine brought that good old cheesy 80's sci-fi we all love to life entwined with some powerful morals.

This tale of survival, friendship and tolerance displayed the importance of cooperating with those different from oneself in order to thrive. Wolfgang Petersen did a fine job balancing all of the visual elements to give this movie that authentic sci-fi feel to it.

Everything from the costumes to the spacecraft had that vintage goodness to it, the sets were pretty impressive too. They didn't have the state-of-the art technology we had today so all of that makeup work was raw talent, making the baby Zamiz must have been difficult in 1985, expensive too.

Quaid isn't one of my favourite performers but he did well here, as did Louis Gossett Jr. Overall this was a entertaining sci-fi flick, but one must be careful not to let that feel-good vibe of vintage cinematography distort one's judgement of the overall quality of the film.