Enemies Closer

Enemies Closer (2013)

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Der frühere Navy-SEAL Henry (Tom Everett Scott) arbeitet inzwischen als Ranger. Als eine Drogenlieferung nahe der kanadisch-amerikanischen Grenze verloren geht, wird er von dem Drogenboss Xander (Jean-Claude Van Damme) dazu gezwungen, diese Lieferung wieder zu beschaffen. Tief in den Wäldern trifft Henry – ohne jegliche Kommunikationsmittel ausgerüstet und ganz auf sich allein gestellt – auf seinen Erzfeind Clay (Orlando Jones). Die beiden Männer sind jedoch gezwungen, zusammenzuarbeiten, um dem Kartell zu entkommen.

Erscheinungsdatum
2013-12-04
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (213)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 25 Min.
Genres
Thriller, Action
Regie
Peter Hyams

Besetzung

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Enemies Closer is a 2013 American action thriller film shot and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, Orlando Jones and Linzey Cocker. It is Hyams' third directorial collaboration with Van Damme, following 1994's Timecop and 1995's Sudden Death, and the first of these to feature the actor in a villainous role. The plot follows former Navy SEAL Henry Taylor (Scott) who is marked for death by the mourning brother of a comrade he left behind, only to have to team up with him when they both become targets of the deranged crime lord Xander.

Production

Director Peter Hyams was offered the film by producer Moshe Diamant, and accepted it both as a show of friendship and as a stylistic exercise. Hyams is usually his own cinematographer, and a well known fan of night photography.

Peter Hyams had helped cementing his son John's directing career by serving as his cinematographer on two Universal Soldier sequels produced by Diamant, and the younger Hyams returned the favor by editing this film for his father.

Van Damme was initially going to play the main protagonist, but Hyams asked him to switch to the part of drug trafficker Xander, as he had already directed him twice in heroic roles and did not want to retread the same ground. The Belgian was not easily convinced, as he had just played the appropriately named Jean Vilain in The Expendables 2, and demanded his new role be fleshed out so as to differentiate it from the classic archetype he had port…

Tom Everett Scott, who took over Van Damme's intended part, is a longtime friend of John Hyams, with whom he attended Syracuse University. After Dark returnee Orlando Jones previously appeared in Peter Hyams' remake of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. He also received a producer credit this time around.

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