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Kevin Bernhardt (screenplay)
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10 January 1997 (USA)
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A businessman (Donald Sutherland) has a hotshot young new partner (William McNamara). What he doesn't...
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Fairly engaging, yet derivative thriller
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Donald Sutherland | ... | Ted Robards |
 | William McNamara | ... | Jeremy Harper |
 | Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Sandy Robards |
 | Joe Pantoliano | ... | Stuart |
 | Tia Carrere | ... | Christina D'Amelio |
 | Christian Tessier | ... | Chris Robards |
 | Lenore Zann | ... | Gina Knox |
| Rosemary Dunsmore | ... | Judy |
 | Vlasta Vrana | ... | Stanley Knox |
 | Claudia Besso | ... | Claire, Receptionist |
 | Serge Houde | ... | Mitchell Sherwood |
 | Richard Zeman | ... | Bob |
| Terry Haig | ... | IRS Agent |
| Michael Caloz | ... | Young Jeremy |
 | Tedd Dillon | ... | Father |
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88 min | Germany:85 min
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Jeremy Harper:
The abortion pill? that was pretty easy. But it's taken me three years to do this the hard way, to take away everything you sacrificed me for.
Sandy Robards: I didn't sacrifice you for anything.
Jeremy Harper: Twenty minutes, Sandy, you did not forget what midnight is did you?
Sandy Robards: No.
Jeremy Harper: Well this year instead of my birthday it's going to be
[screams]
Jeremy Harper: MY MOTHER'S DAY.
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Sandy Robards: I didn't sacrifice you for anything.
Jeremy Harper: Twenty minutes, Sandy, you did not forget what midnight is did you?
Sandy Robards: No.
Jeremy Harper: Well this year instead of my birthday it's going to be
[screams]
Jeremy Harper: MY MOTHER'S DAY.
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Natural Enemy is not unlike a plethora of similar revenge type of movies involving a character with considerable "damaged goods" out to destroy those he feels is responsible for his twisted state.
Here, William McNamara is the son of adopted parents who abused him and apparently ruined his life. To retaliate, McNamara has tracked down his natural parents and slowly begins to ruin their lives.
While the story is uninspired, it does move at a fairly fast pace. While McNamara does not possess the emotional range of many other actors in his age group, he is fairly convincing here and does send a few chills our way.
Perhaps the most disappointing element of the film is that, in its own way, it tries to shed light on the fact that many adopted children often grow up to be emotionally scarred for life, if not worse, (McNamara's character being an extreme example.) Although this is a noble undertaking, we can't respect the movie enough to care about this aspect of it. In addition, the movie falls way too short of taking itself seriously enough to double as a legitimate "message picture" in this regard.
Ultimately, we are left with not a whole lot to think about.