The Enemy Within (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jonathan Darby

Writers (WGA):

Fletcher Knebel (novel) and
Charles W. Bailey II (novel) ...

Release Date:

20 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

You never know who your enemies really are...

Plot:

Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to...

Plot Keywords:

Political | Conspiracy | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Forest Whitaker	...	Colonel MacKenzie 'Mac' Casey
Jason Robards	...	General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Sam Waterston	...	President William Foster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rory J. Aylward	...	Honor Guard Sergeant
Greg Brickman	...	Tracker
David Q. Combs	...	Pentagon Security Officer
Dana Delany	...	Betsy Corcoran
Patricia Donaldson	...	President's Secretary
Denise Dowse	...	Dr. Jarvis
George Dzundza	...	Jake
Yolanda Gaskins	...	Female Reporter
Isabel Glasser	...	Sarah McCann
Jayne Hess	...	Reporter #2
Chuck Hicks	...	Bowman
Ray J	...	Todd Casey
Leonard Kelly-Young	...	Protective Service Guard
Archie Lang	...	Priest
Barry Lynch	...	Agricultur Secretary Spencer
Ryan MacDonald	...	Jack Giddings
Dakin Matthews	...	Vice President Walter Kelly
Willis Norwood Jr.	...	Todd (as Willie Norwood Jr.)
William O'Leary	...	Lt. William Dorsett
Anthony Peck	...	Treasury Secretary Tom Monroe
Lawrence Pressman	...	Atty. General Arthur Daniels
George Marshall Ruge	...	Fletcher
Steve Ruge	...	Reporter #1
Michael B. Silver	...	Lieutenant Lonner
Josef Sommer	...	Defence Secretary Charles Potter
Lisa Summerour	...	Jean Casey

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Trivia:

In the novel and the earlier version of the film, Seven Days in May (1964), the character played here by Forest Whitaker was named Martin "Jiggs" Casey. The nickname, which in the context of an African-American actor was a racial epithet, was clearly inappropriate and was not used.

Movie Connections:

Version of Seven Days in May (1964)

Piece of Garbage remake of a classic

This is a terrible, dumbed down, remake of John Frankenheimer's SEVEN DAYS IN MAY with Forest Whitaker in the Kirk Douglas role and Jason Robards in the Burt Lancaster role. The story follows the assistant to the commander of the joint chiefs of staff as he uncovers a plot to overthrow the government. Neither Whitaker nor Robards seem comfortable in their uniforms or seem to understand their roles as officers. The insultingly simplified plot is spoon fed to the audience and delivered with inane dialog. Unlike the original, none of the plot makes a damn bit of sense and the final resolution is so unbelievable that it seems a fitting end to this mess. It's as if a first grader saw the first film and typed out his own version.