the film pull no punch . this have to be close to the finest film will Smith have ever make , and it be hard to see why it do not do a lot better at the box office .  if anything , its even more relevant than the day it be release . none of the technology be fictional , -lrb- despite some comment -rrb- it be all in deployment right now .  ironically , since the enactment of the patriot act in the USA , and the second act more recently , this film have assume a quite weirdly prophetic status . many comment recently make about the change character about America -lrb- see Tim Robbins recent address to the National Press club -rrb- be very to the point here and can not be ignore . it be so easy to see that people like Jerry Falwell be now come very close to issue the kind of frightening rhetoric see in this film - art have meet the horizon of reality all too quickly .  perhaps though , the film 's single most biting comment be on the nature of the lobby system and the problem of the separation of judicial and executive power in the USA , which if anything be far more malefidious and dangerous than what the film depict .  but , sufficient to say , all this be nothing compare with Hackmans gem of a performance of terse and cranky sainthood . he excel at the hero - put everything into he character . this only give the film more authenticity and a really hard edge .  i just can not fault this movie . the end be so good , it be impossible really , but there can be no end of sofa be thump way out there in suburbia and enthusiastic whoop . there be no doubt this film absolutely deserve such .