Enemy Mine
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen6.961%69%7.0
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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- RichardNovember 9, 2025Caught this one on a movie channel, expecting pew-pew space battles, got a soulful sci-fi parable instead. Dennis Quaid plays Willis Davidge, a human pilot stranded on a hostile planet after a dogfight with a Drac alien ship. Turns out the Drac pilot, Jeriba “Jerry” Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.), crash landed too. What starts as mutual hatred slowly morphs into survival driven cooperation, then genuine friendship. The twist? Jerry’s species reproduces asexually and asks Willis to care for his child. Wolfgang Petersen directs with sincerity, leaning into character drama over flashy effects. The visuals are modest, but the emotional beats hit hard. I liked the premise, the performances and the way it made movie channel nights feel thoughtful, unexpected and quietly moving, with alien bonding, cultural exchange and a finale that’s more heart than hardware.
- DisentOctober 16, 2025Great movie that still holds up, the inclusion of the actual Mine because the producers thought it was needed, is a pretty funny piece of trivia that doesn't really distract from the movie. even as a child the title seemed obvious, anyway go in blind if you like small scale character driven sci-fi but don't be surprised if it feels familiar as it has been copied many times since in many sci-fi Tv shows.
- ርልዪረApril 14, 2025Many light years from earth the space station is under threat of attack from the 'Dracon's' a fierce battle between ships from both sides follows, 'Earth' vessels pilot 'Willis Davidge' (Dennis Quaid) gives chase to a enemy ship, the 'Dracon' pilot ejects after his ship is damaged as both ships are pulled in by the planet they approach, 'Willis's' ship collides with the stricken 'Dracon' vessel which leads to his ship crash landing on the desolate planet. Only 'Willis' survives the crash, knowing that the 'Dracon' was also on the planet, he sets out to finish the ''fight'' However the two after fronting each other with hostile intent realize that survival outweighed the need to kill the other. Survival and the hope of rescue encourages them despite language difficulties to work together. The planet proves to be even more inhospitable than they could ever imagine, their only unlikely hope is to be rescued......a friendship of sorts emerges between them, they both try to understand the other. (be grateful that the 'Drac' 'Jeriba' (jerry) Shigan' (Louis Gossett jnr) decided to learn English, had he not done so we'd not have understood the banter) There are many dangers the two have to confront and an unexpected to 'Willis' that is, event to come, 'Jeriba' will ask his earthly companion to care for the child he is about to give birth too. There are moments of both humour and intensity with for a 1985 movie also some good visual content. The film in many ways turns into a touching tale as we see 'Willis' desperately trying to fulfil the vow he made to 'Jeriba' to care for the son 'Willis' has called 'Tommy' The film though a little slow to get going is worth sticking with, worth a spin.
Enemy Mine Trivia
Enemy Mine was released on December 13, 1985.
Enemy Mine was directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
Enemy Mine has a runtime of 1h 48m.
Enemy Mine was produced by Stephen J. Friedman.
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.
The key characters in Enemy Mine are Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid), Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.), Stubbs (Brion James).
Enemy Mine is rated PG-13.
Enemy Mine is a Science Fiction, Drama, Action film.
Enemy Mine has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.
Enemy Mine had a budget of $40M.
Enemy Mine has made $12.3M at the box office.