# Enemy Mine (1985)

> After a human pilot and his alien wartime rival crash on a deadly planet, survival becomes the unlikely foundation for interspecies friendship.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6770

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Cast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick, Lance Kerwin, Bumper Robinson, Jim Mapp
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089092/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, earnest, melodramatic, 1980s science fiction marathon, space adventure night

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