1998 · thriller
Enemy of the State
Directed by Tony Scott2h 12m1998
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.
Our read: Enemy of the State (1998) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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