Enemy of the State 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 132 min

genre: political

theme: chase

director: Tony Scott

Score: 7 / 10

Enemy of the State is a 1998 American political action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by David Marconi. The film stars Will Smith as a labor lawyer who becomes the target of a covert surveillance operation after unwittingly receiving evidence of a political assassination. Gene Hackman co-stars as a former intelligence operative who helps him evade the rogue agents. The supporting cast includes Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, and Gabriel Byrne.

Plot

Congressman Phil Hammersley opposes a proposed counterterrorism bill that would significantly expand surveillance powers for American intelligence agencies, arguing that it poses a threat to civil liberties. In response, National Security Agency (NSA) Assistant Director Thomas Reynolds, who supports the bill and stands to benefit professionally from its passage, orders Hammersley's assassination. His team stages the murder as a fatal car accident brought on by a heart attack.

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author	David Marconi
contentLocation	Maryland Washington, D.C.
director	Tony Scott
editor	Chris Lebenzon
genre	action drama mystery political thriller
keywords	assistant director bank account break in business card cancel capture car accident chance encounter civil liberties claim communications expert counterterrorism exonerate force heart attack hide internal revenue service iranian revolution irs kick out kill meet money laundering murder myocardial infarction national security national security agency nsa agent off the grid police officer racketeer revolution shop television show trade videotape
musicBy	Harry Gregson-Williams Trevor Rabin
producer	Jerry Bruckheimer
productionCompany	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Touchstone Pictures
publisher	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
recordedAt	Baltimore
theme	chase conspiracy theories mystery thriller neo-noir political thriller psychological thriller security and surveillance