Enemy of the State

A high-octane 90s thriller that perfectly predicted the modern surveillance state. Will Smith plays a lawyer who accidentally comes into possession of evidence regarding a political murder, making him the target of a rogue NSA official. The film is a fast-paced chase movie that highlights the dangers of satellite tracking, wiretapping, and data aggregation. While it leans into action-movie tropes, its core premise is terrifyingly prescient.

It is an entertaining, accessible entry point into the genre that manages to be both fun and thought-provoking regarding our loss of privacy in the digital age.