Enemy
(2013)
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Enemy
is a mystery movie about
university lecturer Adam
(Jake Gyllenhaal) who
lives a relatively mundane
life with live-in
girlfriend Mary (Mélanie
Laurent). One day, he is
recommended a movie and he
decides to hire it and
when he watches it, he
finds that one of the bit
part characters is played
by a man who is his
doppelgänger. Adam is
taken aback by this. Does
he have a twin brother he
doesn't know about? He
decides to contact his
doppelgänger, an actor
named Anthony (also
Gyllenhaal) who is married
to Helen (Sarah Gadon),
who is pregnant with their
child. Anthony does not
believe this, but Helen
checks Adam out and finds
this to be true. Adam and
Anthony decide to meet and
needless to say that both
men do know how to react
to what is before them.
Later, Anthony decides to
use this to his own
advantage and score a
night with Mary, but Adam
curiosity leads him to
Anthony's place and both
men will have an
experience they aren't
likely to forget.
Wow, Enemy is a wild, very
cryptic ride told at a
glacial pace and has a
great idea, but I've got
to admit, I'm struggling
to understand it as a
whole. Mainly the spider
symbolism throughout the
movie including giant
spiders stalking the city
and that ending. I wish I
knew what it all means.
Tough movie to recommend
though as not a lot
happens and the pacing
would be prohibitive to
most people. Worth a look
if you want something
outside of a Hollywood
blockbuster.
Off topic:
Also, I saw in cinemas the
Australian time-travel
movie Predestination from
the Spierig Brothers
(Undead, Daybreakers)
starring Ethan Hawke and
Sarah Snook and I gotta
say it's a wild ride of a
movie, but takes a lot of
set-up before getting to
the pay-off. And what a
pay-off, completely fucked
up and mindbending. I like
time travel movies, so I
probably was always going
to like this, but the
story is completely out
there and it works. In
regards to nudity, there's
one scene where a nurse
has sex with a doctor and
the nurse shows a breast,
but I didn't catch who it
was and it was dark and
brief, so that doesn't
help. There is a credit
for Elise Jansen as a
nurse, but I'm pretty sure
she plays another nurse
later in the movie.
There's also another scene
of nudity, but if I give
that away it would be a
major spoiler (and I won't
be capping it anyway...)
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