![Natural Enemy [DVD]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81QXIB2Ij3L._SL1500_.jpg "Natural Enemy [DVD]")
Natural Enemy [DVD]
Original price was: $16.84.$9.98Current price is: $9.98.
Price: $16.84 - $9.98
(as of Mar 10, 2025 06:44:01 UTC – Details)
The most compelling aspect of this made for Canadian TV thriller is the adoption angle. William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth and unfortunately has developed a psychosis in seeking revenge on her for abandoning him. We first meet him as a little boy who sets fire to his current set of parents. Next, he’s a bright, apparently indisposable executive assistant to stockbroker Donald Sutherland. We know things are a little weird though when McNamara brutally attacks the man whose job he took in the elevator and then makes it look like he is the victim. It soon dawns on us that McNamara has other sordid plans in the offing. We learn that Sutherland’s second wife (his first died in a car accident) gave away her first child as she was only seventeen and wasn’t ready for motherhood. Put two and two together and you’ll see where the film is heading. Sutherland is a little more animated and upbeat than usual; Lesley Ann Warren is very good as his wife and McNamara’s birth mother. Joe Pantoliano and Tia Carrere have supporting roles but aren’t sufficient enough to affect the film itself. McNamara chews up the scenery, trying to combine a calm gentlemanly young man with his obvious psychotic outrages. Most of the time it works for him but his inexperience shows in his final scenes, but strangely enough NATURAL ENEMY was a highly competent thriller that kept me involved and intrigued.
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.53 inches; 4 ounces
Director : Douglas Jackson
Media Format : DVD, Full Screen, Color
Run time : 1 hour and 28 minutes
Actors : Donald Sutherland, William McNamara, Lesley Ann Warren, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere
Studio : Trinity Home Ent
ASIN : B0001WTVIY
Writers : Kevin Bernhardt
8 reviews for Natural Enemy [DVD]
Add a review
Related Products
Original price was: $16.84.$9.98Current price is: $9.98.
val –
THE MOVIE OF ALL MOVIES.
IF I EVER ORDERED A MOVIE FROM YOU, YOU ALREADY KNOW I AM A MOVIE FREAK AND HAVE LOTS OF MOVIES.I LOVE THIS MOVIE. THIS WAS HARD TO FIND ON DVD, BUT YOU HAD IT. THANKS A LOT. SMOOCHES.
ABE –
SLID AROUND IN JEWEL CASE.
SCRATCHED ON THE PLAY SIDE BECAUSE IT WASN’T SECURE IN ITS JEWEL CASE.
john l. leon –
this dvd was from “china”
THIS DVD WAS FROM “CHINA” AND THE DVD WILL NOT PLAY ON MY DVD PLAYER !
M. Cohill –
Nice Movie!
Not bad for a little afternoon entertainment. It is rather perdictable, but I enjoyed it anyway. I love the actors!
Kory robbins –
Five Stars
Great loved it.
Michael Butts –
MOTHER FIXATION
The most compelling aspect of this made for Canadian TV thriller is the adoption angle. William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth and unfortunately has developed a psychosis in seeking revenge on her for abandoning him. We first meet him as a little boy who sets fire to his current set of parents. Next, he’s a bright, apparently indisposable executive assistant to stockbroker Donald Sutherland. We know things are a little weird though when McNamara brutally attacks the man whose job he took in the elevator and then makes it look like he is the victim. It soon dawns on us that McNamara has other sordid plans in the offing. We learn that Sutherland’s second wife (his first died in a car accident) gave away her first child as she was only seventeen and wasn’t ready for motherhood. Put two and two together and you’ll see where the film is heading.Sutherland is a little more animated and upbeat than usual; Lesley Ann Warren is very good as his wife and McNamara’s birth mother. Joe Pantoliano and Tia Carrere have supporting roles but aren’t sufficient enough to affect the film itself. McNamara chews up the scenery, trying to combine a calm gentlemanly young man with his obvious psychotic outrages. Most of the time it works for him but his inexperience shows in his final scenes, but strangely enough NATURAL ENEMY was a highly competent thriller that kept me involved and intrigued.
Jan –
Three Stars
It was OK not exactly what I thought it was.
markus palmer –
Im Aufbau der Handlung schleicht sich eine soghafte, bedrohliche Stimmung ein. Dieses ist in einer stimmungsvollen und atmosphärisch dichten Atmosphäre eingebettet, in welcher einige gute, gezielte Schocks zu tragen kommen. Dennoch hat der Plot so eine Note, welche einen immer wieder denken lässt, dass man das so oder so ähnlich schon paar mal gesehen hat. Daher wirkt der Film nicht ganz unverbraucht und frisch, und ist zudem in seiner Inszenierung doch etwas arg routiniert und konventionell geraten.Aber aufgrund der genannten positiven Aspekte ein dennoch durchweg solider Psychothriller mit ordentlichen Darstellerleistungen.Kein Mega-Film, aber recht gut ist er dann doch, meiner Meinung nach.