Enemy of the State (1998)

The Worst Film Ever

hyped garbage

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Before I start there will be spoilers.The film is based of the idea of having a corrupt politician in the 90's. Like into days society people are afraid of a corrupt politician and the power he can receive.While this is the first time I have seen it, I don't think the film is very popular. The reason why I found this was in the action section on Netflix and was the very first to show. The movie felt boring, I fell its because there wasn't enough change in the setting it was always on the run, not enough time for you to sit breath and evaluate what happened.The film has you question about corrupt politician and the terrible thing they do. When it comes to politics you should be aware of what they do and what they cant.While there is no internal conflict with are main character 'Robert' there is an external conflict. Robert was in a kinky lingerie shop for his wife. Daniel Zavitz ran into the shop running from the NSA and dropped off video footage of a corrupt politician. Now the NSA is after Robert.While the movie was semi boring I enjoyed the plot and the acting and because of that I give it a 5/10.

This is one terrific film that sends a very strong message. It speaks volumes of just how dangerously close we are now to "never being alone." Will Smith is always fun to watch and he doesn't disappoint in this film. Jon Voight is terrific as the megalomaniac leading a goon squad that makes Tony Soprano's crew look like the Seven Dwarfs. Gene Hackman is always good no matter which role he's in. The action is non-stop, to say the least, never a dull moment. Really enjoyed this one!

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.

It's hard to believe that this film is eighteen years old! While technology has moved on a tad, paranoia of being watched & listened to by the government is still just as prevalent as it was then.In this conspiracy thriller Will Smith plays a high flying lawyer who unwittingly becomes the recipient of a tape which documents the murder of a politician by some FBI members.What follows is a cat-and-mouse chase - the kind of story that we've seen many a time before. Smith teams up with ex spook Gene Hackman and tries to turn the tables on his pursuers.Some of the dialogue, particularly in the first quarter of the film, is a little on the nose - I'd gone into this expecting an intelligent thriller (which I guess it is in many ways) and this put me off a bit. But I prevailed, and things seemed to get better. There's a good ensemble cast when it comes to the bad guys - Jon Voight, Seth Green, Jack Black, the sniper from Saving Private Ryan and Ace from Starship Troopers! However, as nice as it was to see these actors on screen, they interacted like juveniles at times, and while I'm no Andy McNab, I can't imagine that covert operatives would talk like fratboys pulling an all-nighter in the library the night before an essay is due in.Also, when they chase a witness to the murder near the start of the film they are unbelievably blatant about it and cause havoc across a big city. How their faces didn't end up on the news or at least spotted by a lot of the general public I do not know. This scene should have been so much slicker - there are about six of them and they can't catch a guy on a bicycle! As sheer luck (for them) would have it he ends up being squashed by a fire engine.Hackman is good in this, although when he met up with Smith I was worried it might turn into one of those tired-out 'mismatched duo on the run' films - but the interplay between the two was good, a personal highlight for me.There's a good use of aerial shots here, which adds to that whole 'everyone is watching you' feel - and for me worked very well.I also wasn't keen on the way Smith's wife was portrayed, she's supposed to be a barrister (or so I thought) but behaves like a grumpy teenage girl and is more worried about the underwear he bought her for Christmas than the fact his life is in danger. All in all, this whirrs along at a nice pace and keeps you going until the end - but, ultimately it's nothing we haven't seen before and suffers from poor dialogue in patches.