REnemy of the State

Popularity

IMDB (262,820 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 132 mins
Action, Drama, Thriller
Enemy of the State

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1998-11-20)
Awards:5 wins & 16 nominations
BoxOffice:$111,549,836
Screen:David Marconi
Productions: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Scott Free Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Enemy of the State
external ids

fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0120660 | insta:

Reviews

YouShouldKnow

Review text:

What was just a movie then is quickly becoming reality now. With the erosion of our rights and privacy online, this movie should have served as a harbinger of a world we do not want to live in. We are introduced to the same arguments politicians, the wealthy and the agencies broug ....

Continue reading ->

Wuchak

Review text:

Fast-paced surveillance-oriented action/thriller with Will Smith, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight RELEASED IN 1998 and directed by Tony Scott, "Enemy of the State” is an action/crime/thriller starring Will Smith as a DC lawyer who unknowingly apprehends evidence of a serious crime inv ....

Continue reading ->

John Chard

Review text:

The government's been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They've infected everything. Enemy of the State is directed by Tony Scott and written by David Marconi. It stars Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King and Lisa Bonet. Music is b ....

Continue reading ->

CinemaSerf

Review text:

Poor Jason Lee ("Zavitz") has only the smallest of parts in this film, yet in the few minutes he is on screen (before he is squished in a road accident) he manages to dump unsuspecting lawyer "Dean" (Will Smith) into an whole world of pain. Why? Well we already know what happened reg ....

Continue reading ->

The Movie Mob

Review text:

**Enemy of the State is an underrated action thriller that might not innovate the genre but definitely entertains!** A paranoid conspiracy action thriller with Tony Scott flair. Scott has directed some of my favorite movies, and while this one isn’t on the top of my list, it’s sti ....

Continue reading ->

Andre Gonzales

Review text:

I love a good conspiracy movie. Especially when it's a well thought out one. This movie was well thought out and had the perfect actors to do it.

Continue reading ->