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Reel TV: 'Enemy of the State' Is Getting a Sequel


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Enemy of the State is the most perfect '90s thriller. That's not to say it's the best thriller of the '90s, just that it brings together pretty much everything that was big at the time. It had a hot, A-list star (Will Smith), an in-demand director (Tony Scott). It had a stacked ensemble cast that included Regina King, Barry Pepper, Jason Lee, Jake Busey and even Jack Black. It was simultaneously a legal thriller, a murder mystery, a race against time, and a twisty government conspiracy cover up. And, most importantly, it had an obsession with emerging technologies and a distrust of the internet and personal surveillance. Enemy of the State is basically if The Fugitive, The Net, Hackers and a non-supernatural episode of The X-Files all rolled in to one. It is...
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