movie review - Enemy of the State
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 1999.12.15
Silly, but a good flick. It's about a fellow (Smith) who winds up in the possession of some incriminating video footage of some NSA goons (Voigt at all) snuffing a Senator. He winds up losing his job, his credit, his wife, and his home. He becomes the target of a trumped-up police investigation, to top things off, and after the acquaintance that passed him the footage media gets killed, he bolts.
Quickly falling into the world of high-tech espionage, he involves a friend who gets snuffed, and tracks down a former spook who now frelances (Hackman). Smith's presence quickly fucks up Hackman's life, as the satellites peer down and watch them blunder along.
Then the explosions start.
Recommended.