Shatner's character is portrayed as wound a bit tight because he wants to kill every German and completing the mission is more important than the safety of his crew. The reason is because he left Germany as a child and doesn't like what Germans now represent. He's also fearless and so driven he'd rather bomb cities than military targets. This story line works and has been used in many other war stories. But then they throw in a plot bend where the reason he really feels this way is something that happened to him as a boy - and when asked by the cliched German-now-in-England new girlfriend what happened Shatner replies he can't tell her, and they skip over it. But the realization is Shatner must feel fear and then overcome it to make everything okay....and this last part all happens in the final 5 minutes.
Review of I Am the Enemy
