Director Florent Emilio Siri ('The Nest', 'Hostage') shows ability in action sequences and group dynamics but his film never develops sufficiently to raise it much above the conventional.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
24 Jan 2008
rotten:
With its sententious air of historical reckoning, Enemies is an impressive monument, but not a moving one.
– Nick Pinkerton,
Village Voice,
29 Sep 2009
fresh:
Along the way, Siri exposes French hypocrisy -- showing that the Algerian rebels were only doing what the French Resistance did in battling the Nazis who ruled their country in WorldWar II.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
2 Oct 2009
rotten:
A movie you've seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle.