Film

Enemy of the State 1998

Directed by Tony Scott

  • Action, Drama, Thriller
  • 132 min
  • R

It's not paranoia if they're really after you.

When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.

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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • gravecomic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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