Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- oppressive
- eerie
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse film night
What sets it apart
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The soldiers discover a sealed man who displays inexplicable physical traits and becomes the center of escalating incidents.
The mine-clearing mission unfolds after the Bosnian war, while the stranger's presence exposes unresolved violence and guilt.
The story begins in a factory basement and keeps the soldiers within hazardous, enclosed war-scarred spaces.
The man's impossible lack of cold or hunger and the ensuing strange events support competing psychological and supernatural readings.
Films like The Enemy, and why
The Devil's Backbone
post-conflict mystery, supernatural unease, and morally destabilizing atmosphere
The Bunker
war trauma, ambiguous supernatural elements, and oppressive psychological dread
The Keep
soldiers confronting uncanny forces in a bleak, allegorical war setting
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
postwar guilt, horror-inflected mystery, and supernatural ambiguity
Movie Details
- Director
- Dejan Zečević
- Release Date
- 2011-03-22
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (24)
Cast
- Aleksandar Stojković
- Vuk Kostić
- Tihomir Stanić
- Ljubomir Bandović
- Marija Pikić
- Slavko Štimac
- Dragan Marinković 'Maca'
- Goran Jokić
- Stefan Bundalo
- Vladimir Đorđević
Common questions
- What is The Enemy about?
- After the Bosnian war, Serbian mine-clearance soldiers uncover an impossible stranger whose presence turns post-conflict suspicion into supernatural dread.
- What is The Enemy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Enemy as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Enemy violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Enemy as moderate.
- Which films are like The Enemy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Devil's Backbone, The Bunker, The Keep, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
- How long is The Enemy?
- The Enemy runs 108 minutes.
