Enemy of the State

1998 "It's not paranoia if they're really after you."
7.3| 2h12m| R| en| More Info
Released: 20 November 1998 Released
Producted By: Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Country: United States of America
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When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.

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Tony Scott

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Jerry Bruckheimer Films

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
lukem-52760 What an excellent exciting hi Tec Thriller this is!!! A 90s Classic that i watched so many times on video & absolutely love it. Will Smith gives a BRILLIANT performance here as Robert Clayton Dean a lawyer who's life gets turned up side down when he's targeted by the government!!! Gene Hackman the legendary actor is also fantastic as well as the BRILLIANT John voight this movie is full of great actors a really good cast & it introduced me to the BRILLIANT BARRY PEPPER & JACK BLACK!!! ENEMY OF THE STATE is a real exciting chase Thriller with tons of Action & great performances!!! One of Smith's best movies & one of the best Thrillers ever MADE!!!
patrickoconnor-80452 I found myself watching this on Netflix after a week of sitting on the couch between semesters. Even with nothing to do, I'm sorry I wasted my time. Yet another left-wing Hollywood "big brother" film that tries to convince the viewer that the intelligence community is nothing but a bunch of evil, constitutional rights violating meat-heads. At the same time, it gives the government more credit than they deserve for painting the picture that they're so efficient at what they do. Realistically, nothing happens that quickly in the government, and if it does, it's not on purpose. Nevertheless, it was an entertaining movie. When I wasn't laughing, I was enjoying Gene Hackman's performance. Will Smith makes an unconvincing lawyer. Regina King plays his wife, a - you guessed it - lawyer for the ACLU. For some reason Tom Sizemore is in this, playing a fat Italian, pasta-eating mobster. Don't have high expectations with this one.
bkoganbing Watching Will Smith become the inadvertent target of the National Security Agency and the way they monitored him so closely, I couldn't help thinking, how could 9/11 have occurred? Should you feel all warm and secure we've got all this monitoring or should you be afraid, be very afraid?Will Smith was already in enough of a jackpot trying to deal with Mafia hoods muscling in on a labor union he's representing. But he accidentally comes into possession of a tape showing the murder of a member of the House of Representatives played in a brief cameo by Jason Robards. Robards opposes further monitoring that NSA bigwig Jon Voight is fighting for and Voight is right on the scene. That could embarrass a whole lot of people.Fortunately Smith comes to the attention of old CIA guy Gene Hackman who helps him figure out his predicament.As for the rest of the film it kind of has an ending, a bit more complex to be sure, but an ending like a plan coming together on one of those old A Team television episodes. As for the surveillance all I can say is George Orwell's vision is coming close to reality.Interesting film, non-stop action when it gets going like an Indiana Jones film. Fans of the principal cast members should find it pleasing.
Danny Blankenship Just again watched some of "Enemy of the State" for the first time in many many years and again I felt it was a hard film to follow with to many plot twist and to many characters who fade in and out of the story it's a little hard to understand! Yet it has star power with Will Smith and Gene Hackman, it can be called many genres from spy, thriller, action, and mystery drama, yet the plot centers around D.C. with a video tying top National security people to political murder, and then soon the NSA and other people get involved. As the action and fast pacing of this thriller blends action and technology to a new level. The real treat for me was the Regina King scenes she was great as Will's caring and sexy loving wife! And that scene in which Regina sports that silk dark sexy black colored bra I loved that was the best part of the film it made my day!