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Henry Taylor (Creator/TomEverettScott) is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a forest ranger at King's Island, near the U.S./Canadian border. One night, he is accosted by Clay (Creator/OrlandoJones), whose younger brother, Decker, died under Henry's command, for which he holds Henry responsible. During their face off, they are interupted as a group of criminals, led by Xander (Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme), attack a team of ICE agents searching a crashed plane full of heroin nearby. Caught in the middle of this, Henry and Clay have to work together to get out of the situation alive.

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Henry Taylor (Creator/TomEverettScott) is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a forest ranger at King's Island, near the U.S./Canadian border. One night, he is accosted by Clay (Creator/OrlandoJones), whose younger brother, Decker, died under Henry's command, for which he holds Henry responsible. During their face off, they are interupted interrupted as a group of criminals, led by Xander (Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme), attack a team of ICE agents searching a crashed plane full of heroin nearby. Caught in the middle of this, Henry and Clay have to work together to get out of the situation alive.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: See EnemyMine.

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* FamousLastWords:
-->'''[[spoiler:Xander]]:''' [[spoiler:Fucking gasoline! I knew it'll ruin everything!]]
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The movie was directed by Peter Hyams, who had previously worked with Van Damme on ''Film/{{Timecop}}'' and ''Film/SuddenDeath'', and written by Eric and James Bromberg.

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The movie was directed by Peter Hyams, Creator/PeterHyams, who had previously worked with Van Damme on ''Film/{{Timecop}}'' and ''Film/SuddenDeath'', and written by Eric and James Bromberg.
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Henry Taylor (Creator/TomEverettScott) is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a forest ranger at King's Island, near the U.S./Canadian border. One night, he is accosted by Clay (Creator/OrlandoJones), whose younger brother, Decker, died under Henry's command, for which he holds Henry responsible. During their face off, they are interupted as a group of criminals, led by Xander (Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme), attack a group of ICE agents searching a crashed plane full off heroin. Caught in the middle of this, Henry and Clay have to work together to get out of the situation alive.

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Henry Taylor (Creator/TomEverettScott) is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a forest ranger at King's Island, near the U.S./Canadian border. One night, he is accosted by Clay (Creator/OrlandoJones), whose younger brother, Decker, died under Henry's command, for which he holds Henry responsible. During their face off, they are interupted as a group of criminals, led by Xander (Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme), attack a group team of ICE agents searching a crashed plane full off heroin.of heroin nearby. Caught in the middle of this, Henry and Clay have to work together to get out of the situation alive.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Xander is superficially friendly, a vegan, sticks to organic food and coffee from peaceful countries and keeps urging his men to think of their carbon footprint - all the while happily killing and threatening people, sometimes his own men.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Xander is superficially friendly, a vegan, sticks to organic food and coffee from peaceful countries and keeps urging his men to think of their carbon footprint - all the while happily killing and threatening people, sometimes [[BadBoss his own men.men]].
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-->'''[[spoiler:Xander]]:''' [[spoiler:Fucking gasoline! I knew it'll ruin everything!]].

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The movie was directed by Peter Hyams, who had previously worked with Van Damme on ''Film/{{Timecop}}'' and ''Film/SuddenDeath'', and written by Eric and James Bromberg.
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* BadassGrandpa: Mr. Sanderson; when Xander and his crew surround his house, he opens fire at them with his rifle, and later [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to allow Henry and Clay to escape]].

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* BadassGrandpa: CoolOldGuy: Mr. Sanderson; when Xander and his crew surround his house, he opens fire at them with his rifle, and later [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to allow Henry and Clay to escape]].
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'''''Enemies Closer''''' is an American/Canadian action movie released in 2013.

Henry Taylor (Creator/TomEverettScott) is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a forest ranger at King's Island, near the U.S./Canadian border. One night, he is accosted by Clay (Creator/OrlandoJones), whose younger brother, Decker, died under Henry's command, for which he holds Henry responsible. During their face off, they are interupted as a group of criminals, led by Xander (Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme), attack a group of ICE agents searching a crashed plane full off heroin. Caught in the middle of this, Henry and Clay have to work together to get out of the situation alive.

!!''Enemies Closer'' provides examples of:
* BadassGrandpa: Mr. Sanderson; when Xander and his crew surround his house, he opens fire at them with his rifle, and later [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to allow Henry and Clay to escape]].
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Mr. Sanderson]], after being mortally injured and captured by Xander:
-->[[spoiler:"Kiss my geriatric ass!"]]
* DieHardOnAnX: ''Film/DieHard'' at a forest ranger station/visitors' center near the U.S./Canadian border.
* EnemyMine: Henry and Clay, the latter of whom wants to kill the former to avenge his brother, have to work together to escape Xander and his crew.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Xander, posing as a Mountie, is introduced calling the ICE agents out for wearing leather boots, citing the environmental impact of cows, and proceeds to kill all of the agents by himself almost entirely with his bare hands.
* EvilVegetarian: Xander is an environmentally conscious vegan as well as a homicidal criminal.
* FamousLastWords:
-->'''[[spoiler:Xander]]:''' [[spoiler:Fucking gasoline! I knew it'll ruin everything!]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Xander is superficially friendly, a vegan, sticks to organic food and coffee from peaceful countries and keeps urging his men to think of their carbon footprint - all the while happily killing and threatening people, sometimes his own men.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Clay says he knew he would become a good-for-nothing, [[LikeFatherLikeSon like his dad]], and worked hard to make sure Decker grew up to become more responsible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Xander mentions to one of his men that Henry, as the park ranger, was "covered" when they went in. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kayla, who had gotten assistance from Henry earlier, is part of his team]].
* FreudianExcuse: Xander attributes his veganism to a childhood incident when his grandmother made dinner out of a turkey he loved as a pet.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Xander reveals to Henry that he was a soldier himself before he became a criminal.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. Sanderson, the only resident on the island besides Henry.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Mr. Sanderson sacrifices himself for Henry and Clay by distracting Xander and his men]].
* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler:Apparently, Kayla usually fills this role in Xander's operations; according to her, she typically has to do way more difficult things than fake a hurt ankle, like she did with Henry]].
* MercyKill: Xander kills [[spoiler:his diver when he is badly injured by a gunshot since he can't help him]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Kayla works for Xander and was sent in early to keep an eye on Henry]].
* UsefulNotes/TheMounties: When Xander and his crew approach the ICE agents, they are disguised as Mounties.
* MurderBySuicide: Clay tries to force Henry to shoot himself in the head.
* MyGreatestFailure: For Henry, the botched mission that got Decker killed; even though it failed because he and his team were sent in on bad intelligence and he no longer holds himself responsible, his guilt drove him into drinking, ended his marriage, lost him the custody of his son and resulted in him taking the forest ranger job to find some recluse.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: When Clay first ambushes Henry, he points a gun at him while Henry pulls out a knife.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: See EnemyMine.
* VaporTrail: [[spoiler:Henry kills Xander by blowing up Xander's boat this way]].

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