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A SHREWD AND MIND-BOGGLING ENEMY

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“Chaos is order yet undeciphered.”                 The quote above is the epigraph of the film Enemy and it perfectly describes the film. It is chaotic, confusing and mind-boggling but once you figure it out, once you decoded it, its plot and its symbols and hidden messages, you’ll find peace and order in your mind beleaguered by the complexity of this film..                 The last film that fascinated me was Trance (which starred James McAvoy).It is a film that is as splendid and as mesmerizing as Enemy. Only that Enemy is more perplexing and has more challenges to the mind.                 The film’s story revolves around a history professor (who obviously is bored with his life and his job) who while watching a rented film discovers that one of the actors in the movie looks exactly like him. The professor stalks the (small-time) actor and he eventually meets him.   Spooked after seeing that they are really identical (including a huge scar on their body), the pro