Enemy of the State

Enemy of...
by Joe De Matteo

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An excellent 2-hour escape from your reality. Enemy of the State is a non-stop experience; once the chase starts every scene tingles with electricity.

Gene Hackman, one of America’s great actors, plays it exciting and believable.

Will Smith does a tremendous job here, too.  As the young attorney, Robert Clayton Dean, Smith, not over doing the “Will Smith” character, gives us a taste of his true acting ability. 

All too often, in my opinion, Mr. Smith uses his TV persona to crack-wise for high box office draw.  But he does this at the expense of presenting us with the best of the character in the film we’re watching.  This may work, this obviously does work, to satisfy the low denominator and bring in the bucks, but it does so by compromising the quality of a movie, the story, and it diminishes Will Smith the actor. 

Hey, I’m a Will Smith fan.  That is why this bothers me so much.  This persona worked great in Men in Black, but thank goodness they strayed from it in Enemy of the State. 

Enemy of the State is a movie with suspense, thrills, action and excitement, yes, and excellent acting.  I love to read those books you just can’t put down, and judging this movie by that gauge…

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