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''Enemy of the State'' is a 1998 [[Conspiracy Thriller|spy-thriller]] film directed by Tony Scott, written by David Marconi, and produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]. The film stars [[Will Smith]], Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King.
''Enemy of the State'' is a 1998 [[Conspiracy Thriller|spy-thriller]] film directed by Tony Scott, written by David Marconi, and produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]. The film stars [[Will Smith]], Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King.


A group of rogue operatives from the [[NSA|National Security Agency]] kill a congressman who would interfere with a bill to expand the government's authority for covert surveillance, but are caught in the act by a wildlife researcher's hidden camera. The NSA finds out about the researcher's tape, and the expanding cloud of coverups, murder and surveillance sucks in Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer who unwittingly has the tape passed on to him. The NSA agents proceed to bug Dean's house and belongings, ruin his marriage, and destroy his life to get him to surrender the tape. Soon, the only friend he has is the retired NSA agent "Brill" (Gene Hackman), who's learned how paranoid you have to be in this kind of world...
A group of rogue operatives from the [[NSA|National Security Agency]] kill a congressman who would interfere with a bill to expand the government's authority for covert surveillance, but are caught in the act by a wildlife researcher's hidden camera. The NSA finds out about the researcher's tape, and the expanding cloud of coverups, murder and surveillance sucks in Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer who unwittingly has the tape passed on to him. The NSA agents proceed to bug Dean's house and belongings, ruin his marriage, and destroy his life to get him to surrender the tape. Soon, the only friend he has is the retired NSA agent "Brill" (Gene Hackman), who's learned how paranoid you have to be in this kind of world...
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* [[Action Survivor]]: Dean has to be this if he wants to beat his enemies.
* [[Action Survivor]]: Dean has to be this if he wants to beat his enemies.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: a photo of Hackman in ''[[The Conversation]]'' is used for Brill's file.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: a photo of Hackman in ''[[The Conversation]]'' is used for Brill's file.
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* [[Extreme Graphical Representation]] along with [[Enhance Button]]
* [[Extreme Graphical Representation]] along with [[Enhance Button]]
* [[Faking and Entering]]: Dean pretends to be a deliveryman to enter an hotel room and delay his pursuit.
* [[Faking and Entering]]: Dean pretends to be a deliveryman to enter an hotel room and delay his pursuit.
* [[Foot Chase With a Side Order of Chef]]
* [[Foot Chase with a Side Order of Chef]]
* [[Government Conspiracy]]
* [[Government Conspiracy]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Sizemore's mafia character refers to Dean as a "shyster" lawyer. Dean politely corrects him, saying that "shyster" is for Jewish people, and as a person of African-American descent, he would be an "eggplant". This is, in fact, [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=melanzane a term used by people of Italian descent] [[Shown Their Work|to refer to people of color]].
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Sizemore's mafia character refers to Dean as a "shyster" lawyer. Dean politely corrects him, saying that "shyster" is for Jewish people, and as a person of African-American descent, he would be an "eggplant". This is, in fact, [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=melanzane a term used by people of Italian descent] [[Shown Their Work|to refer to people of color]].
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "You're either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid."
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "You're either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid."
* [[I'm Dying Please Take My MacGuffin]]: The wildlife researcher who dumps the video onto Dean.
* [[I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin]]: The wildlife researcher who dumps the video onto Dean.
* [[Lingerie Scene]]: [[Fanservice Extra|Both models in a lingerie shop]] and Dean's wife.
* [[Lingerie Scene]]: [[Fanservice Extra|Both models in a lingerie shop]] and Dean's wife.
* [[Look Both Ways]] : Zavitz, the wildlife researcher.
* [[Look Both Ways]] : Zavitz, the wildlife researcher.
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* [[Malicious Slander]]
* [[Malicious Slander]]
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: {{spoiler|On a grand scale. Apparently played for laughs too when you know both parties are being suckered big time.}}
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: {{spoiler|On a grand scale. Apparently played for laughs too when you know both parties are being suckered big time.}}
* [[One Dialogue Two Conversations]]: {{spoiler|Dean engineers a meeting between the NSA and the mafiosos from the beginning of the movie. Neither party realizes that their talking about two different tapes}}.
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: {{spoiler|Dean engineers a meeting between the NSA and the mafiosos from the beginning of the movie. Neither party realizes that their talking about two different tapes}}.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The disk with the murder.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The disk with the murder.
* [[Properly Paranoid]] : Brill. Then again, used to be a spook as well.
* [[Properly Paranoid]] : Brill. Then again, used to be a spook as well.
* [[Revealing Coverup]]
* [[Revealing Coverup]]
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]
* [[Spies in A Van]]: At a certain point, Dean decides to shoot 'em back by calling the cops about "a van in front of my house, possibly trafficking drugs!" [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Spies in a Van]]: At a certain point, Dean decides to shoot 'em back by calling the cops about "a van in front of my house, possibly trafficking drugs!" [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[The Spook]]
* [[The Spook]]
* [[Spotting the Thread]] : Dean becomes suspicious of {{spoiler|Brill}} due to a verbal slip up. {{spoiler|The real Brill rescues him shortly after.}}
* [[Spotting the Thread]] : Dean becomes suspicious of {{spoiler|Brill}} due to a verbal slip up. {{spoiler|The real Brill rescues him shortly after.}}
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 2 October 2020

Enemy of the State is a 1998 spy-thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by David Marconi, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King.

A group of rogue operatives from the National Security Agency kill a congressman who would interfere with a bill to expand the government's authority for covert surveillance, but are caught in the act by a wildlife researcher's hidden camera. The NSA finds out about the researcher's tape, and the expanding cloud of coverups, murder and surveillance sucks in Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer who unwittingly has the tape passed on to him. The NSA agents proceed to bug Dean's house and belongings, ruin his marriage, and destroy his life to get him to surrender the tape. Soon, the only friend he has is the retired NSA agent "Brill" (Gene Hackman), who's learned how paranoid you have to be in this kind of world...

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