SkeeterVT The reason the original "Seven Days in May" was so compelling was that it came against the backdrop of very real events.It was the middle of the Cold War. The very name of President Jordan Lyman (Played by Frederic March) turned out to be very similar -- almost an anagram -- of the real-life President Lyndon Johnson, whose campaign to win a full four-year term in 1964 was anchored, in part, on a promise to seek an agreement with the Soviet Union on a reduction in nuclear arms.And it was taken far more seriously than the two other Cold War thrillers of 1964, "Dr. Strangelove" and "Fail-Safe." "The Enemy Within" fails from the start because it was made after the Cold War ended and unfortunately, the storyline wasn't updated accordingly. A far more successful remake would have been one that was made post-September 11 with the War on Terror as the backdrop.

j_chy You need to see Seven Days in May before seeing this movie or before posting an opinion on it. This movie is really a poor remake of it. The former occurs in a tense cold-war America and the Black & White photography adds to the eerie feel. (Black and White, just like the general sees things.) If after seeing the original, you wish to compare, then see this one. I made the mistake of viewing this first, and then I enjoyed the original less than I should have. I guess the only positive difference that this movie added to the story is that the high-stakes players were not all white men in "The Enemy Within" with other characters in predictable roles. The Enemy within has women and black men in high positions. It also wraps a family around the main character to make him elicit more empathy. Every actor in this made-for-HBO thriller needs to be forgiven for needing a paycheck.

Claudio Carvalho Colonel Casey (Forest Whitaker) discovers a coup d´etat leaded by General Lloyd (Jason Robards). He makes contact with the President of USA, William Forster (Sam Masterston) through his secretary Betsy (Dana Delany). The have just a couple of day to resolve a serious situation against the legality of their political system. I have this movie for many years, but the theme did not attract me. Yesterday I decided to watch it and what a surprise: a great TV movie. The cast is excellent, and the direction is sharp, in a political thriller with lots of action. I confess that I have never seen John Frankenheimer's `Seven Days In May', but I believe that the viewer will not be disappointed with this remake. My vote is eight.

amitshetty Bad acting, bad dialogs, bad dialog rendering. Man! It felt like everyone was moving in a daze while acting. Even dialogs whichare supposed to be delivered with a PUNCH are just....read out! And ofcourse, the story line was totally disconnected.Stay away from this unless you want to laugh at stupid movies with your friends - actually you probably wont be able to do that either!