Enemy of the State (1998)

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This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris pay homage to the late Gene Hackman by discussing his co-starring role with Will Smith in the 1998 Tony Scott thriller, Enemy of the State.

Smith plays Robert Clayton Dean, a labor lawyer in Washington D.C. who inadvertently comes into possession of evidence of the NSA Assistant Director Thomas Reynold (Jon Voight) overseeing the murder of a congressman. When the NSA believes Dean is hiding the tape from them, they put him under surveillance and destroy his life, forcing him on the run. He eventually finds help in Brill (Hackman), an investigator Dean previously contracted, a former NSA agent now living off the grid. Zach and Chris discuss Jon Voight's star-studded team of goons, including Jack Black and Seth Green; the pivotal importance of an NEC TurboExpress console; sci-fi video manipulation software; how the movie could be a pseudo-sequel to The Conversation; and more.

You can buy or rent Enemy of the State on platforms like AppleTV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home. Next week, we're heading underground with Stallone in Daylight, as the disaster movie is getting a 4K release.

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