Will Smith be Robert Clayton Dean , a young yet prominent labor attorney in the dc area who suddenly find he well order life go to hell . unknown to he , he be accidentally receive a video disc implicate the Deputy Director of Operations of the NSA -lrb- Jon Voight -rrb- in the suspicious death of a influential senator - a disc pass to he moment before its owner 's untimely death . unable to locate the disc , the wicked dep decide to take Dean 's life to piece - find much in Smith 's character that be not as order as it appear . in fact , Dean 's adventure as a labor lawyer frequently have he run up against organize crime boss , include one play by Tom Sizemore . worse , to get he information , Smith rely on a shadowy figure name Brill , a man he be never meet . instead , he maintain contact with Brill through a former lover -lrb- Lisa Bonet -rrb- . draw a line between Smith and Bonet use they ban account , the NSA wreck he personal life and implicate he in embezzlement . on the run from the super-secret NSA with its satellite and its surveillance gear , with nowhere to turn , Dean 's only hope be to find the mysterious Brill himself , learn the secret drive he pursuer and hope to fund some way to put he life back together .  not a lot in `` enemy '' make sense , but it be fast and , with Will Smith , often funny . he be get a flip sense of humor that save the movie that otherwise have few surprise . Gene Hackman enter the scene as the shadowy Brill running , and he never stop . Brill be essentially paranoia incarnate - though by the time we have meet he , we know enough about the Government 's surveillance method to empathize with he fear . Jon Voight play the latest in a long line of heavy -lrb- he be the evil lawyer in `` Rainmaker '' -rrb- but otherwise never connect as a villain . but the real star of the flick be the direction , which be fast and coherent at the same time . otherwise , the flick pay lip service to Hollywood 's need for a apparent message -lrb- beware nig government 's intrusion on you privacy -rrb- without make the movie deep enough for you to care . Watch it for the fun .