Enemy (2014) is a psychological thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a history teacher. One day, a co-worker suggests him a movie, and during the time Jake watches the movie, he sees an actor that thinks he looks exactly like him. In fact, it's exactly like him. So then he contacts the actor, and the two later have strange tension with each other.This is essentially an arthouse film, and I'm not always big into those. Movies like "Mulholland Drive" and "Under the Skin" are ones I admired to an extent, but I could never fully get into them because they were very weird in a way that just kept me distant and left me feeling very empty. However, while this was also pretty weird, I think I honestly enjoyed it a lot more. I don't know what it is but, somehow it really intrigued me.
Maybe it was the interesting use of imagery that kept me on board. Or maybe it was Jake Gyllenhaal's fantastic performance. Or maybe it was the dark, yellow lighting which helps set up the creepy method in addition to the score. Or perhaps it's simply the combination of all of those things.
Now, all that being said, I can understand why a movie like this wouldn't appeal to a mainstream audience because, this movie doesn't have the usual narrative structure of a beginning, middle, and end. This is very different. Heck, even for me, there were times when I felt a little turned off because it was so different.
But overall, I'm very glad that I decided to give this movie a try. It was really fascinating. Before I end this review, without giving it away, I have to say that out of all the movies I've seen, this movie I thought had the scariest ending. I mean, it scared me shitless. If you aren't into arthouse movies or have arachnophobia (because this does involve spiders in here), I would pass on this one, but if this movie sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend it.
I give Enemy (2014) directed by Denis Villeneuve an 8 out of 10.
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