Enemy of the State (1998)
 


Genre:Action
Release: 1998
Director:Tony Scott
Distributor:Walt Disney Video
 
Starring:
Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight
 
Synopsis
The action producing-directing team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony
Scott is back with another thrill-a-minute ride called Enemy of the
State. Taking its "innocent man accidentally caught up in political
corruption" story from such films as Francis Ford Coppola's The
Conversation, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, and
Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor, they turn up the high-tech
volume in an attempt to create the ultimate action film. Robert Clayton
Dean, played by Will Smith, is a devoted father, husband, and attorney
shopping for a sexy gift for his wife. What he doesn't know is that he was
given a videotape from a friend (Jason Lee) regarding the recent murder
of a U.S. senator led by corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas
Reynolds (Jon Voight). Now Reynolds is after Dean to cover his tracks or,
as the audience soon finds out, frame Dean for Rachel's murder. Since Dean
isn't up on his high-tech gadgetry, he needs the aid of ex-intelligence
operative Brill (Gene Hackman). Between the explosions and chases is
the subtext of George Orwell's 1984 mantra "beware of big brother," as
Dean realizes that in the modern world, there is no such thing as total
privacy. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide


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