wow , I remember see this movie a long time ago and do not really give it much thought . it just seem like Hollywood hysteria and way out there fiction for the most part . I have forget about the movie . recently I be shop for some dvd 's here on Amazon and this movie come up on my recommend list . so I buy a copy and watch it . this movie really freak I out watch it now in a post 9\/11 world . the measure take by those in power to get what they want - `` the Telecommunications , Security , and Privacy Act '' and dead on similarity of the power enact by the `` the Patriot Act '' should be a wakeup call for everyone . to quote the chairman at the beginning of the movie : `` Invasion of privacy be more like it '' , and he go on to state : `` this bill be not the first step to the surveillance of society , it be the surveillance of society '' ... of course the government bad guy play by Voight say : `` it be just liberal hysteria '' the chairman have the good sense to say : `` I be not go to sit in congress and pass a bill that allow the government to point a camera and microphone at anything they darn well please ! '' all this be in the opening scene of this movie . now I would have give the movie 5 star , but some of the thing be a stretch as far as capability and thing happen which I will not go into in this review . in this post 9\/11 world I feel this movie be dead on relevant and the ability and power the government have give itself by play on we fear be unprecedented . this movie should scare and provoke some think about what we have and be do to we society today and just what do freedom really mean . this be a ho-hum movie that have become a great movie due to the turn of world event and apparent level of manipulation and terrorizing of society that be happen today . pick up a copy of this movie or pull it off the shelf and watch it today and see if it do not open you eye and give this movie a new edge that it do not have when it first come out !