That Enemy of the State cast was LOADED

[THE 101]

• Will Smith as Robert Clayton Dean
• Gene Hackman as Edward "Brill" Lyle
• Jon Voight as NSA Assistant Director Thomas Brian Reynolds
• Regina King as Carla Dean
• Loren Dean as NSA Agent Loren Hicks, Reynolds' aide-de-camp
• Jake Busey as Krug, a USMC veteran and NSA field operative
• Barry Pepper as NSA Agent David Pratt
• Jason Lee as Daniel Leon Zavitz
• Gabriel Byrne as the Brill imposter who tries to kidnap Dean
• Lisa Bonet as Rachel Banks
• Jack Black as NSA Agent Fiedler, a surveillance analyst
• Jamie Kennedy as NSA Agent Jamie Williams
• Scott Caan as Jones, Krug's partner
• James LeGros as Jerry Miller, managing partner of Dean's firm
• Stuart Wilson as Congressman Sam Albert
• Ian Hart as NSA Agent John Bingham
• Jascha Washington as Eric Dean
• Anna Gunn as Emily Reynolds
• Grant Heslov as Lenny Bloom
• Bodhi Elfman as NSA Agent Van
• Dan Butler as NSA Director Admiral Shaffer
• Jason Robards as Congressman Philip Hammersley (uncredited)
• John Capodice as Old Worker #1
• Seth Green as NSA Agent Selby (uncredited)
• Tom Sizemore as Paulie Pintero (uncredited)
• Philip Baker Hall as Mark Silverberg (uncredited)

Rewatching this in honor of GOAT Hackman and i forgot how deep that bench was

They've got Gabriel Byrne showing up for two minutes, coked up Tom Sizemore as a mafiaso and even Skylar White shows up in this bytch

They really spared no expense during this era of action movies on the bit part players.

Lisa Bonet in this .....god damn

 

[Ziggiy]

Cast was stacked. One of Will Smith’s best performances

 

[MurderToCassette]

Excellent flick and very prescient. Haven't seen it in probably over a decade, gotta give it a rewatch

 

[beenz]

loved this movie. I don't remember it getting much attention when it first dropped

definitely holds up in 2025.

 

[FTBS]

Wasnt Tom Cruise supposed to originally play Will's part? Will was on absolute fire during this run.

 

[MikelArteta]

Great movie
Tom sizemore killed his small role

 

[Deltron]

My fave will Smith role by far.

I watch the film every xmas since it take place around that time.

Will's plan to put MAGA voight against size more without them knowing is


You're either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid


Then of course the call back to the hackman classic the conversation

 

[zerorequiem]

Need to watch this one again!

 

[King Static X]

Yep, amazing cast and movie!

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[re'up]

Saw this in theaters in 1998, when I was like 13. Everyone has nostalgia for their childhood, but what experience today would be like that watching this movie with 4 of your homies? I think a Dad was there too. And we loved this movie,

It was frenetic, and funny, and violent, and intelligent. Serious actors, a sharp script, great direction. Movies aren't like this anymore, like an R rated thriller that also works for teenagers, but makes them think a little.

Also, how paranoid were the late 90's, as far as movie themes, so much of my childhood memories of movies were of those government conspiracies

Murder at 1600 (The Chief of Staff)
Absolute Power (The president)
The Rock (general gone rogue)
Mercury Rising (NSA gone rogue)
Conspiracy Theory (NSA) or CIA
Enemy of the State (NSA)
The General's Daughter (5 Star general cover up)

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Saw this in theaters in 1998, when I was like 13. Everyone has nostalgia for their childhood, but what experience today would be like that watching this movie with 4 of your homies? I think a Dad was there too. And we loved this movie,

It was frenetic, and funny, and violent, and intelligent. Serious actors, a sharp script, great direction. Movies aren't like this anymore, like an R rated thriller that also works for teenagers, but makes them think a little.

Also, how paranoid were the late 90's, as far as movie themes, so much of my childhood memories of movies were of those government conspiracies

Murder at 1600 (The Chief of Staff)
Absolute Power (The president)
The Rock (general gone rogue)
Mercury Rising (NSA gone rogue)
Conspiracy Theory (NSA) or CIA
Enemy of the State (NSA)
The General's Daughter (5 Star general cover up)

Political style movies period were big in the 90s. Good chunk were comedies too.

 

[Love Sosa]

This was always my favorite will smith movie

 

[THE 101]

Craziest part of this movie is half way through them casually telling you Jon Voight's birthday is on 9/11

 

[Deltron]

seth green disappears half way through the movie