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ENEMY OF THE STATE Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight Directed by Tony Scott Touchstone Pictures...
...grizzled Gene Hackman). Dean lives the perfect American life with a loving wife, wonderful children, a beautiful house and his prized juice blender. But everything changes when a bird-watcher (Jason Lee) catches the execution of a venerable U.S. Congressman by the head of the National Security Agency (Jon Voight). Soon, Dean is unknowingly in possession of the video and is the target of surveillance and public defamation. Underlying this story is a controversial congressional bill in response to the threat of terrorism that would legalize unwarranted observation by the government of any suspected individual...
...former government operative who has turned into a rogue counterintelligence specialist, is played by Gene Hackman as a funny, cranky imitation--right down to the horn-rimmed glasses--of the snoop he played so memorably in The Conversation almost 25 years ago. And, as their chief nemesis, Jon Voight does another variation on his late-life specialty: the midnight conspirator whose puffy face stands in such curiously menacing contrast to his steely soul...
...nominating newbie ANGELINA JOLIE twice, are the TV folks sucking up to her dad, Jon Voight...
...actors seem so convinced of their respective situations, despite the film's ridiculously skewed reality, that this potential is violently destroyed. For instance, Jon Voight's villainous Southern lawyer (a mainstay in Grisham films) offers ravings so ludicrous and lathered in excess that the courtroom scenes descend into camp. But instead of feeding off Voight's over-acting, Damon is forced into moralistic grandstanding, creating a contradiction of tones that not only confuses, but frustrates...