enemy of the state have fast pace and great actor -lrb- will Smith , the great gene Heckman and Lisa Bonnet in a too short appearance -rrb- . the film also have lot of electronic gimmick -lrb- satellite surveillance be the thing here with lot of satellite visual and close up ... -rrb- ; there be also some clever action . all in all I have to admit it be quite interesting to watch and you do remain hooked to the screen . however , the plot be corny and banal and I can not help but wonder - what about some new story line ... ? how many time can we see a movie that have the follow tale : a innocent regular citizen -lrb- one who have some unique quality like be a computer genius , especially clever , etc. -rrb- get catch in a corrupt scheme that originate from someplace high in power -lrb- be it some high government office , national security force , etc. -rrb- . we innocent hero 's life be shatter and he find himself on the run fight a unknown enemy equip with all the modern electronic equipment . we innocent hero have only himself to count on and sometimes some unexpected help . step by step he start to understand what happen and to uncover the big scheme ... we hero succeed after go through a ordeal -lrb- miraculously save he life time and again -rrb- and return to normal life . this be more or less the story line of `` enemy of the state '' and can be also attribute to many other movie . `` the Pelican brief '' , `` Bourne Identity '' , `` the net '' `` no way out '' would be name just a few . by scare you with all the way the government can monitor the little citizen 's behavior -lrb- or supposedly monitor - it be hard to believe they can do all that be portray -rrb- the movie be also try to make a statement about privacy . this be spoon fed to you mouth by have the privacy law as one of the political issue of the movie .