Enemy Of The State 1998

Critics score:
71 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: An exciting if often overheated thriller! Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: It has a hurtling pace, nonstop intensity and a stylish, appealing performance by Will Smith! Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: [Its] spirited action is balanced by an almost contemplative attitude toward surveillance phobias and the movie cliches they've spawned. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Practically an elder statesman compared to the technobrats Bruckheimer usually employs, Scott also pays attention to the acting and it pays off. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: Since Scott could not make this film snap, crackle or pop faster or more loudly, you might find the evening a bit light. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: It actually wears you out after a while. Just like Scott's other movies, this one plays more like a hugely conceived wind-sprint. Rest periods are few and far between. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A high-adrenaline, high-concept action thriller! Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: From there, with the mystery entirely gone and the thrills fading fast, the rest is pretty much a two-hour chase sequence, culminating in a hilariously maladroit shoot-out. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A solid two hours of pure, escapist entertainment. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is fast-paced, centered around two big chase scenes, and ending in a clever double-cross that leads to a big shootout. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Hard to sit through. Read more

Time Out: Add Smith's lippy innocent and a host of subcontracted indie fresh faces, and you have the Bruckheimer formula: loud, lavish, seemingly efficient; over-large, over-long, over-plotted. Safe and sorry. Read more

Emanuel Levy, Variety: A briskly paced actioner! Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: The net result is fairly low-tension yet satisfyingly off-kilter. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: My mistake was bringing my head into the theater in the first place. Read more