Enemy of the State

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Summary: the suspense never let's go
Review: Jason Lee(A Guy Thing) takes shots of Jon Voight(Midnight Cowboy) killing Jason Robards(Magnolia) and Lee before he gets runned over by a bus makes Will Smith(Bad Boys 1 and 2) and then Voight and his crew ggo after him and his family. Smith gets help from Gene Hackman(Scarcrow). other actors in the mix...Jack Black(Shallow Hal), Jamie Kennedy(Scream Trilogy), Lisa Bonet(High Fidelity), Scott Caan(Black and White), Ian Hart(Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets), Tom Sizemore(Dreamcatcher), Loren Dean(Rosewood), Jake Busey(Identity), Barry Pepper(Battlefield Earth), Gabriel Bryne(Stigmata), Stuart Wilson(No Escape) and an unbilled cameo by Seth Green(Party Monster). dont miss the ride.

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Summary: Good Action-Suspence movie
Review: Another greatly produced movie from Jerry Bruckheimer which showcases the talent which Will Smith has not only as a singer but as well as an actor.
With the addition of the legendery Gene Hackman,the cobination produces great specticale for the audience.With the ever evolving plot in this movie,it will be always interesing to watch time and time again.
However one minor disadvantage is that the munes of the DVD could have been improved.
Overall,a great movie to enjoy for evey end of the audience spectrum.

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Summary: Fantastic Thriller!
Review: I just finished watching Enemy of the State and I have to tell you that I should have watched it sooner. I love thrillers and this movie hit the right spot. Some great chase scenes but with a good plot which leaves you hanging until the very end. Definitely worth to watch.

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Summary: A NOVICE WHO' S A LAWYER AND AN ANCIENT SPY
Review: When WILL SMITH in this MOVIE who's confronted witch very much difficults problems of a STATE CONSPIRACY, he become a precedence of the elite which is composed of C.I.A. N.S.A. F.B.I. and many other stranges services illegitimates SPYS WHO ARE OBEYING of the orders of influent strange man who has killed his almost friend, and then, these CONSPIRATORS who are ables to kill anybody throught their road so as to ensure an uncovicing PROGRESS whitch consist to have any authority for transgress yhe all of the private life of any body in the AMERICA OR THE WORLD WITH CONSIDERABLES AVERAGES SUCH WHITCH ARE SATELITTES AND EMITTERS, THEN THE YOUNG MAN (WILL) WHO'S JUST A SPARE FOR GOVERNMENT AND A SIMPLE ADVOCATE WHO BEGAIN STRONG WITH A ITALIAN MAFIOSO Who has difficulty whith THE LAW, and after that when he is deprived of his credit cards and many other things , when he is forced in a jift to take away his alls garments with a curious intelligent old man for him but he is very much contented to know the identity suddenly of an ancient efficient best of the bests SPYS whou's BOUND TO SHATTER HIS CONFIDENTIALITY EVER SINCE LONGTIME (GENE HACKMAN) THEY WILL SURPISE EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD OF THESE STRANGES MEN WITH ABILITY TO ASSASSINATION RHEY FORMS STILL AGAIN BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO IN PICTURES HISTORY AND EVERY INGREDIENTS ARE GOODS IN THIS SPLENDID D.V.D.MOVIE NOT DEAD TIME WITH THESE ALL ACTORS WILL SMITH AND GENE HACKMAN ARE VERY GOODS ACTORS

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Summary: It could'a been more...
Review: I love the cast in this film. Hackman and Smith have done some really excellent work. While I generally enjoyed this film for what it was, it could have been much more. I am somehow reminded of "Conspiracy Theory" in that it was a disappointment considering the possibilities it offered. Mostly, the problem is in the basic premise of the story. Any one of thousands of conflicts could have been played out, but instead, we see a personal crime in Voigt's character taken out on an unsuspecting citizen. This may sound minor, but we could have seen a glimpse of some big-brother massacre, and the minor hero who overcomes it. Some of what is offered here makes you wonder (in worried fascination) what is possible, but generally I can say this is NOT a must-see movie. If you saw Conspiracy Theory, don't bother with this one. I give it 3 stars in case you didn't catch Conspiracy Theory, otherwise, 2 stars.

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Summary: A bit much ....
Review: This movie reminded me of why I don't watch slick, big budget, big star hollywood movies. Slick is the operative word here. Far too slick. The camera work was disractingly slick. There were far too many convenient coincidences to make it believable. As the movie went on, it steadily diverged more and more from reality. If all of these high tech spy tools exist (call me naive, but I doubt it) I doubt they would all have been brought to bear to such a degree on one hapless guy. The NSA geeks sure had hard time catching Smith. That's because, despite all their whiz-bang gizmos, they were mostly a bunch of incompetent oafs. Lots of gratuitous chases were thrown in to wow the audiance. It was hard to get up the mental stamina to follow the plot, since I didn't really care about the fate of the good guys. This just isn't how you pace a movie to artfully develop real suspense. It was quite a disappointment for me.

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Summary: Outstanding - to say the very least
Review: The film pulls no punches. This has to be close to the finest film Will Smith has ever made, and it's hard to see why it didn't do a lot better at the box office.

If anything, its even more relevant than the day it was released. None of the technology is fictional, (despite some comments) it's all in deployment right now.

Ironically, since the enactment of the Patriot act in the USA, and the second act more recently, this film has assumed a quite weirdly prophetic status. Many comments recently made about the changing character about America (See Tim Robbins recent address to the National Press club) are very to the point here and can't be ignored. It's so easy to see that people like Jerry Falwell are now coming very close to issuing the kind of frightening rhetoric seen in this film - art has met the horizon of reality all too quickly.

Perhaps though, the film's single most biting comment is on the nature of the lobby system and the problem of the separation of judicial and executive powers in the USA, which if anything is far more malefidious and dangerous than what the film depicts.

But, sufficient to say, all this is nothing compared with Hackmans gem of a performance of terse and cranky sainthood. He excels at the hero - putting everything into his character. This only gives the film more authenticity and a really hard edge.

I just can't fault this movie. The ending is so good, it's impossible really, but there can be no end of sofas being thumped way out there in suburbia and enthusiastic whoops. There's no doubt this film absolutely deserves such.

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Summary: the conversation!!!
Review: if you are a fan of the movie 'the conversation' then you will love this for novelty value if nothing else. i havent seen much with will smith and i was worried this was going to be somekind of men in black thing. it is in fact, very serious though. good acting all around, the list of actors is ridicolous: will smith, gene hackman, john voight, seth green, jack black, jamie kennedy, lisa bonet, scott caan, jason robards, jason lee, theres more. i recoginzed 2 guys from the sopranos (dont know their names), one of which was also in goodfellas. the story is full of action. its certainly silly at times, the technology used in this wire-tapping drama is just ridicolous but its a lot of fun.

gene hackman im convinced now is the best actor of all time. the conversation is my favorite movie ever and one which i believe is also highly underrated. the conversation revolved around gene hackmans character who is a professional (also legal and legit) wire tapper. he plays the same role in this movie, and there are other conversation parallels: at one point a file photo of hackmans character is shown, and immediately i recognized it as a photo from the conversation. he works in a similar area: an unerground/basement, caged in fortress/shop. if anything this character is harry caul(hackman in the conversation) times 10: he is even more paranoid as shown during smiths first exchange with him, he works through about 10 other people and 10 levels, never getting his hands dirty. but will smith gets into such a bunch of trouble that you start to wonder how can possibly bail him out....hackman of course. its also interesting how hackman isnt even introduced until almost half way thru the movie. then only for a few minutes; he disappears again. then he finally returns to really kick... i think vin diesel is cool, i love fast and the furious and XXX and to me gene hackman is just as much of an untouchable badass, just in a much different (and probably less hip) way.

tony scott directed this, he is an excellent director known for great films like true romance. funny, there is a similar situation with a similar outcome (shoot out where everyone dies except the main character, will smith in this case) in this movie.

if you love the conversation as i do, you wish there was more to see. this is as close as your going to get and its quite impressive. a huge cast of stars, great acting, and fun script and exciting, visual directing. near perfect.

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Summary: One of Jerry Bruckheimer's Best
Review: If you look at all of Jerry Bruckheimer's movies, you will see that he makes some of the best. Con Air, Crimson Tide, Beverly Hills Cop, The Rock, Black Hawk Down, and some others. His movie Enemy Of The State is another example why he is one of the best producers around.

Enemy Of The State revolves around a CIA head of Security (Jon Voight) wanting the Congressman Phil Hammersly to pass a law for a new type of security system giving the power to use satallites to keep video tabs of the enitre city, therefore, lower the crime rate. But when the Congressman does not go along with it, he is killed.

But what the agents don't know is that there was a hidden camera that records exotic animals, and it was pointed accross the lake where the murder was taken place. Deon Zavits (Jason Lee) recovers the tape to find that he owns the murder of the Congressman. He is then chased by the CIA agents to get the tape back. In The process, he drops the tape into the bag of lawyer Robert Dean (Will Smith). Deon is then killed and Robert is now the main target of the CIA. The problem is, he dosn't know he has the tape.

Now he is running for his life, not knowing why, until he meets up with an ex-CIA operative, Brill (Gene Hackman), who knows the exact reason he is being hunted down. From there, Brill helps Robert in the chase and becomes invloved himself. Now they are both running for their lives, and trying to notify the authorities of the tape, before time runs out.

I won't tell you what happens during the coarse of the movie, but I can tell you that the entire movie is awesome. Very suspensful and full of action. Will Smith gives one of his best and most dramatic perfromances ever. Gene Hackman is just naturally great. They make the perfect team in Enemy Of The State.

"Enemy Of The State" runs for about 2 hours and 10 minutes. It is rated R for strong language, strong violence, and some brief sexual content.

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Summary: A nail biter
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I am not a Will Smith fan, but he is tolerable in this film as a DC attorney whose life is turned upside down by the government as they try to get back a tape from him that he doesn't even know he has. He turns to Gene Hackman for help after his career is ruined, he is forced out of his home and an old friend is killed. Seth Green and Jack Black are also memorable as two of the NSA agents tracking Smith.

There is a bit much violence, the movie is deserving of the R-rating but there is suspense galore, lots of crazy gadgets and makes you wonder what the government is really capable of.