lukem-52760
Enemy territory is a fantastic 80s urban Thriller i love this film, this has that exciting & creepy atmosphere & tone like Assault on precinct 13 (1976) & alot of that 80s punk gangs feel that you get in the Death wish films & many others.This little survival film is about a really bad neighbourhood somewhere in new York City that has a really run down tenement building that is the dark hunting ground of a gang of black thugs called the Vampires who have a crazy leader played by the Awesome TONY TODD!!! & on a late Friday evening i believe or Saturday evening? Anyway IT'S getting late & nearly dark & an insurance salesman played really well by GARY FRANK has to go into the building to make a quick sale-a quick signing & back out but things go very wrong & very serious & he ends up trapped in the big scary building with the Vampires gang hunting him. A great little B-movie fun & exciting Thriller with a vety gritty look & creepy high rise building & it works perfectly with tense scenes & some other cool characters who happen to be in the building or live there such as will (RAY PARKER JR ) who is a good guy & wants to help get Barry out of the building alive!!! Also small roles for other characters like JAN MICHAEL VINCENT'S ex Vietnam nut who loves guns & STACEY DASH (Clueless) who also wants to help. ENEMY TERRITORY is great exciting fun with an AWESOME cast & an AWESOME location to for an urban survival Thriller to be set in. This is my DIE HARD set in a big building & came out a year before!!! This is better & more fun.
shawnblackman
A late 80's action thriller that has a yuppie insurance salesman visiting a housing project apartment building in New York at night. While in the building to collect a premium he has a mishap with a gang member from a group that all themselves The Vampires. This sets off a war between the gang and the tenants in a place the police won't go.This flick was awesome. The Vampire gang was led by a young, skinny Tony Todd which he did just after Platoon. I met Tony Todd a couple years ago and meant to ask him if he had this on DVD because he did tell me he collects DVDs and I've never seen an official release of this one yet.As well as Tony Todd you have Ray Parker Jr. helping the insurance guy get out of the apartment alive and playing a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair was Jan-Michael Vincent kicking ass. The film reminded me of Tenement: Game of Survival (1985) which the writer probably watched with elements of Assault On Precinct 13. The tension just keeps building in this one. An enjoyable film that's not too heavy.
videorama-759-859391
The Vampires are certainly an underrated gang, you don't want to mess with. ET is one of those 87 treasures, you never get sick of watching because of how entertaining and guiltily engrossing it is. The premise is fresh. One guy is in wrong place at wrong time, well wrong time, all the time. He shouldn't of been there. Frank, great to see in the lead is an insurance salesman, who has to make one last call, regrettably in the projects. We know when he gets back to his car, it isn't gonna be the same as how he left it. The catalyst here was that Frank tapped a black kid gangster on the shoulder to ask him where his client was. This is enough to bring down the hell that ensues, where shortly after, on Frank's exit, the black kid is shot, and the rest of the gang that control these tenements want blood. It's a frightening situation and atmosphere, which has you asking many times before, "How could you live here?" Frank nicknamed The Ghost by the gang, becomes trapped in the building. burning with hate. Bring on Ray Parker Jnr- The Blood Traitor as named by our Vamps, in not a half bad performance, who teams up with Frank, not the best fighting duo, one must admit. These two are the only hope of getting out alive. Jan Michael Vincent really stuck out here as a crippled resentful vet (aren't they all), another suffering tenant, ready and armed, with mettle, who hasn't given up the fight. Enemy Territory really works where in the space of it's 85 minutes, we undermine the terrifying ambiance the movie projects. To carry a movie, only riding on this premise successfully for this duration, and make it continually exciting is impressive. ET is infectiously entertaining, a nifty, cute and cool little movie, gangland style. Track it down if you haven't seen it, if also watching for Ray Parker Jnr's only performance.
tenthousandtattoos
This is great! I want this movie on DVD!!!! I thought to myself this movie couldn't possibly have scored good on IMDb i didn't think anyone else liked it! It was one of those movies I "grew up" watching...and haven't forgotten it to this day...can practically play it scene for scene in my head :) I used to do a double bill when I was like, 13-14yo, I'd watch the Warriors (1979) and then follow up with Enemy Territory...they were the perfect B-movie popcorn combo - both set in gritty NY...the old, hardcore NY - 70's and 80's...what a time to live there! And both take place in the space of one night - to me, this creates so much tension in a film...i love the sunrise scenes when the nightmares are over...perfect. I recommend the Warriors if you like this movie, and vice-versa.
