The Ohio filmmakers behind ENEMY deserve credit for trying to tackle an incendiary topic--open racial warfare on American soil. It's a tall order, and the 16mm production staggers under the weight of its own big ideas about prejudice, propaganda, and the media.
Daniel Justin (Veryl Jones), a popular black American presidental frontrunner, is slain in mid-speech by masked gunmen. The incident triggers a virtual second Civil War. As United Nations troops patrol at a distance, all-black and all-white militias tear each other to pieces. Television reporter
Laura Nemaco (Chloe Hopson) accompanies a white brigade into battle, armed only with her remote-uplink camera. ...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins