Enemy Mine

Day 137 - 5/17/09 - Movie #136

BEFORE: Gonna stay up late and sneak in an extra movie - since tonight's the big 3-hour "Survivor" finale, and I can't miss that...

THE PLOT: 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.

AFTER: Not a terrible movie - maybe a bit predictable, up to a point. I suppose I'm supposed to learn a big lesson about war, and enemies really being the same in the end, so this does come off as a little preachy. But I suppose the first rule of warfare is to respect your enemy, so that when the human and alien get stranded together, that respect leads to survival camaraderie, which leads to friendship.

The FX are a little cheezy, however. Definitely better than "Meteor" but still below average. The alien make-up was handled better, though.

RATING: 5 out of 10 campfires