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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Touchstone / Disney
Salesrank: 16998
Released: September 15, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/15/2009 Rating: R
Enemy of the State Reviews:
Well-done conspiracy theory thriller 
2009-11-18 - In the interests of full disclosure, I should say that I take no conspiracy theory film or novel as truth. However, I learned many years ago that, if one is to enjoy that genre, one must accept whatever conspiracy the creators want us to believe in. Whether Martians, former KGB agents, escaped Nazi's, Presidents of the United States or Church leaders, it is all the same to me, so long as they make it dramatically credible. Dramatic sense is not empirical sense.
This suspension of reality which marks my approach, enabled me to find considerable pleasure in this decade old film. With an inventory of terrific technological tools, the bad guys are able to keep tabs on the good guys as well as perform all sorts of evil deeds. Will Smith does a good job as the central good guy as does Jon Voight as the central bad guy. When Will Smith is teamed, by circumstances, with Gene Hackman, they become a dynamic duo, as does almost any team of which that veteran actor is a part.. Supporting players , for the most part, perform ably and the action scenes are exciting.
If you like this type of film, you will like this one.
Excellent
2009-10-20 - Will Smith is great in this role (when isn't he). Please watch and listen carefully for a message that is going deaf in our ears but is part of troubling trends in our country. Just judge for yourselves.
