successful labor attorney Robert Clayton Dean -lrb- Will Smith -rrb- have trouble . he attempt to use a videotape of a mafia barbeque party as leverage against a mob boss in a union dispute ... little do he know that another video tape be about to ruin he life .  while innocently purchase a Christmas gift for he wife , he unknowingly recieve a film capture the image of the assination of a senior U.S. senator by high-ranking officer of the National Security Agency ... and they want it back !  government goon , under the direction of a top Agency official -lrb- Jon Voight -rrb- destroy he life use tracking device , video camera , the press , and even satelite to get what they want . former NSA operative Brill -lrb- Gene Hackman -rrb- reluctantly attempt to help , without get kill himself . throw in quite a few action scene , great graphic effect , and a suprise end to boot , and you have a instant hit !  will Smith usually bring he own brand of silly humor to he character , but this be not the case in enemy of the state . he role as a quick thinking attorney be well-played and believable ... as the movie progress , he character begin to take on some of the trait of James Bond -lrb- with some assistance from Gene Hackman -rrb- .  the scary thing about this movie ... what could happen if a high - ranking NSA official have run amuck in real life ?