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Enemy of the State [Blu-ray]

List Price: $34.99
Special Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean
Directed By: Tony Scott

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936724936
Format: Anamorphic
Label: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-11-21
Running Time: 132
Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1998

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Editorial Reviews:

Will Smith and Gene Hackman trigger rapid-fire suspense in ENEMY OF THE STATE on Blu-ray’s high definition disc. The star-studded adventure Rolling Stone calls "a dynamite thriller" heats up as this volatile new format explodes onto the screen. After a Washington, D.C. attorney is given – without his knowledge – a video tying a top National Security Agency official to a political murder, he finds himself targeted by a relentless team of lethal NSA surveillance operatives. Watch as nonstop action meets cutting-edge technology in astounding 1080p, and hear the echo of every footstep with 5.1 48 kHz, 24-bit uncompressed audio. Surrender your senses to the awesome power of Blu-ray™ High Definition!

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Customer Rating:

Summary: Okay for action. Acting not very convincing.
Comment: Ever see a movie that takes you so far that you actually see the characters as someone really talking in front of you? Will Smith, Lisa Bonet and Tom Sizemore (amongst the others), are acting too hard. They weren't convincing enough to make me feel like they were real characters. Again, the action was great. But the acting was contrived and predictable.

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Summary: Enemy of the State
Comment: An earlier Will Smith movie but the first that allowed him out of his "Fresh Prince" role. Loved it when first released and loved it now, essential if one is keeping Will Smith movies. Nice blu ray transfer.

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Summary: Post 9/11 - Must See Movie
Comment: Wow, I remember seeing this movie a long time ago and didn't really give it much thought. It just seemed like Hollywood hysteria and way out there fiction for the most part. I had forgotten about the movie.

Recently I was shopping for some DVD's here on Amazon and this movie came up on my recommended list. So I bought a copy and watched it. This movie really freaked me out watching it now in a post 9/11 world. The measures taken by those in power to get what they wanted - "The Telecommunications, Security, and Privacy Act" and dead on similarities of the powers enacted by the "The Patriot Act" should be a wakeup call for everyone. To quote the chairman at the beginning of the movie: "Invasion of privacy is more like it", and he goes on to state: "This bill is not the first step to the surveillance of society, IT IS the surveillance of society"... Of course the government bad guy played by Voight says: "It's just liberal hysteria" The chairman had the good sense to say: "I am not going to sit in congress and pass a bill that allows the government to point a camera and microphone at anything they darn well please!"

All this is in the opening scenes of this movie. Now I would have given the movie 5 stars, but some of the things are a stretch as far as capabilities and things happening which I won't go into in this review. In this post 9/11 world I feel this movie is dead on relevant and the abilities and power the government has given itself by playing on our fears is unprecedented. This movie should scare and provoke some thought about what we have and are doing to our society today and just what does freedom really mean. This was a ho-hum movie that has become a great movie due to the turn of world events and apparent level of manipulation and terrorizing of society that is happening today.

Pick up a copy of this movie or pull it off the shelf and watch it today and see if it doesn't open your eyes and give this movie a new edge that it didn't have when it first came out!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Very good
Comment: US techno-thriller in which successful lawyer Will Smith's life is turned upside down when he somehow gets hold of a tape that shows prominent politician Jon Voight murdering a fellow congressman. Voight and his people find out that Smith has possession of the tape and then set about trying to get the tape back, tracking Smith using the latest surveillance technology including tracers and spy satellites. They also invalidate Smith and his wife's credit cards by computer to make life as difficult for Smith as possible and murder Smith's close friend Lisa Bonet, hoping to frame Smith for her murder in an attempt to discredit him if he were ever to go public with what he knows. Smith goes on the run and eventually teams up with reclusive former National Security Agency employee and technological whiz Gene Hackman and together they try to bring the nefarious Voight and his team down. A pacy conspiracy thriller showing the potential for the abuse of power by those that control the surveillance technology that is supposed to protect us from threats such as terrorism and a timely commentary on the erosion of personal privacy and civil liberties in this day and age. Not a perfect movie because I did not feel that justice had been correctly served by the end of the movie but nonetheless very good.

Customer Rating:

Summary: great movie
Comment: Will Smith is great in this movie. Him and Gene Hackman are good together. Lots of action and great storyline.

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