'The Enemy of the state'

‘Enemy of the State’ (1998) Rating 



Director: Tony Scott
Genre: Action and adventure
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenplay: David Marconi
Cinematography: Dan Mindel
Music: Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams
U.S. Distributor: Touchstone Pictures

For my second blog I decided to chose to write about an action film so that the genres were varied. I chose ‘Enemy of the State’ because of the use of camera angles and scripting. The film was effective in maintaining suspense and tension which is essential to conforming to the forms and conventions of an action and adventure.The film ‘Enemy of the state’ is an action thriller about an innocent man caught up in a serious murder investigation. Robert Dean, a well known lawyer holds vital information about the murder committed by ‘The National Security Agency.’ Throughout the film, the innocent man is chased in a series of high speed frenzies.
In order to protect themselves they must catch Robert and insure that he will stay silent.
The highlight of the action adventure film is the main chase scene as it emphasises the predicament that Dean is in and highlights the lengths he will go to, to defend himself and run away from the NSA.One of the scenes include a helicopter weaving in and out of the sky, in an attempt to catch Dean. Throughout the film suspense is kept by the effective contrapuntal sound (media jargon for music that does not match the action) and use of special effects. Eventually Robert Dean played by Hollywood star ‘Will Smith’ escapes the grasps of the NSA and is relieved by his success.






Cast:

Will Smith
Gene Hackman
Jon Voight
Regina King
Lisa Bonet
Loren Dean
Ian Hart
Jake Busey
Barry Pepper
Jason Lee
Gabriel Byrne
Tom Sizemore