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Summary: Great Movie, OK DVD
Review: If you like shoot'em up sci-fi movies with explosions, tons of gore and evil aliens, I suggest you watch a different movie. However, if you like movies that make you think and have meaning, then this one is for you.Not far into our future, the human race finds itself in a territory war with a reptilian alien race called the Dracs. During one such battle, a soldier from each side crashes on a planet called Fyrine IV and after a brief hand-to-hand find they must rely on each other to survive. Their reluctance to trust each other eventually melts away and the limits of their new friendship is tested when Fyrine reveals a few of her secrets. The DVD does have 3 behind the scenes stills, original trailers (Enemy Mine, Alien, and Alien Nation....notice a theme?) and an interactive menu but that's IT! No extended scenes, no interviews, no "behind the scenes" footage, nothing. 2005 will be the 20th anniversary of "Enemy Mine"'s release and this fan is hoping Fox will make good and release a collector's edition with more bonus material for said anniversary.
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Summary: about love as it is about intergalactic war.
Review: In this movie, an Earth man and a Drac are stranded together as a result of a planetfall, and from this grows friendship and love.
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Summary: Five stars? Well, maybe four and a half...?
Review: It would be too easy to call this film predictable or sappy. Well it's not, dang it! You've just got to love these characters and story. What a great film!
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Summary: Great Low Budget Movie with a Deeper meaning
Review: It's seems as if, everyone who reviewed this movie missed the whole point
of the movie and it's hidden agenda.though staged in the distant future.it represents the problems that plague us today and mostly what existed in the past. and that is racism!. But when both species from different sides of tracks are thrown into a survival situation where team work is required,Color, religious beliefs, and politics play no roll when trying to stay alive.
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Summary: Louis Gossett Jr.: Oscar Level Acting!
Review: Louis Gossett Jr. steals the show! You actually belive he is an alien. You see only his character, his facade and not the actor. The makeup helps, but there is a should behind the latex. He had the quirky head positions and fidgets that are quite iguana like, but he conveys the alieness better than Bridges in "Starman."
The one scene that clinches it, is after the first meteor shower, Quaid is accosted by Gossett, then starts yelling at the alien. Quaid inadvertently speaks the Dracon word for meteor, and Gossett looks up, scanning the sky for more meteors! A small detail that brought a big surprise!
Sadly, due to Hollywood and the Academy's strong bias against Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Mr. Gossett will never get the credit he deserves. The Academy occasionally crosses over for mainstream Sci-Fi as "Star Wars," but the closest it ever goes is to Disney or soft-core fantasy, such as "The Wizard of Oz."
There are only two drawback in this film. First, the special effects are not Industrial Light and Magic. Second, the story gets a little jumbled at the end. This film might have been better as a TV mini-series--hint, hint, Sci-Fi Channel!
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Summary: Fuzzy sci-fi? And why not?
Review: The only thing I regret about this movie is the abrupt ending. The novel has quite a few chapters where the political and sociological problems the Reciting of Lineage of Jeriba Zammis by a Human throws up are meted out. It was probably cut from the script either because the budget ran out or (more likely) because the producers feared that political and sociological problems wouldn't satisfy the die-hard sci-fi fans... Pity. If you think science fiction should be about Big Strong Men Who Shoot Eachother With Laser Guns, then skip this movie. If you think interspecies relationships could be fun to watch, buy this video. It's not the most brilliant movie I ever saw, but it's Pretty Good imho. Fuzzy sci-fi? What's wrong with that?
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Summary: Lousy
Review: This film begins well,however it quickly goes downhill once Quaid and the alien have crashed on the planet.Once this happens you may as well switch it off!The effects in this picture are dire!Just look out for the "meteor" shower on the planet,more like rolled up bits of smoking paper!The acting is dire,the plot is dire and the soundtrack is dire!Save your money!If you want a good sci/fi fighter/action film,buy Star Wars or Babylon 5 instead!
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Summary: Tony Hinde
Review: This is for the reviewer named Tony Hinde. TRY NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE END OF THE MOVIE... THATS A NOVEL CONCEPT!!!! AMAZON, you may want to cancel this bozo because he will hurt sales. No one will buy a movie they NOW know the ending to, thanks to his more than "Freudian" review of a simple, yet entertaining movie.
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Summary: Good family fare
Review: This is one of the 3 best movies Dennis Quaid has ever done, and probably the best Louis Gossett, Jr has ever done. The acting is superb. It is an excellent family movie, showing racism and the overcoming of it in a roundabout, nonthreatening, noninvasive way. Its a real tear jerker too. I recommend everybody see it at least once. A little sci-fi with good old fashioned family values hidden in it.
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Summary: Good family fare
Review: This is one of the 3 best movies Dennis Quaid has ever done, and probably the best Louis Gossett, Jr has ever done. The acting is superb. It is an excellent family movie, showing racism and the overcoming of it in a roundabout, nonthreatening, noninvasive way. Its a real tear jerker too. I recommend everybody see it at least once. A little sci-fi with good old fashioned family values hidden in it.
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