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.| Will Smith | Robert Clayton Dean |
| Gene Hackman | Brill |
| Jon Voight | Reynolds |
| Lisa Bonet | Rachel Banks |
| Regina King | Carla Dean |
| Stuart Wilson | Congressman Albert |
| Tom Sizemore | Pintero (uncredited) |
| Loren Dean | Hicks |
| Barry Pepper | Pratt |
| Ian Hart | Bingham |
| Jake Busey | Krug |
| Scott Caan | Jones |
| Jason Lee | Zavitz |
| Gabriel Byrne | Brill's Connection |
| James LeGros | Jerry Miller |
| Jason Robards, Jr. | Congressman (uncredited) |
| Lillo Brancato | Young worker |
| Jack Black | Fiedler |
| Jamie Kennedy | Jamie |
| Seth Green | Selby (uncredited) |
| Ivana Milicevic | |
Genre/Type - Action, Thriller, Action Thriller, Political Thriller, Chase Movie, Paranoid Thriller
Produced by - Scott Free / Touchstone Pictures
Release - Nov 20, 1998 (USA)
Released by - Buena Vista
Running time - 150 min.
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