Little People and Big Conspiracies

Skylar 2022-04-19 09:01:29

This film, shot ten years ago, is a classic old way of small people meeting big conspiracies. This kind of approach is generally that the little person accidentally learned the secret of a conspiracy, so he became the next target of the conspirator, and the chase and anti-chasing unfolded in the plot. In the end, the little man defeated the conspirators with his bravery and wisdom, and in addition, he sometimes got the favor of the beauties (the beauties are often the enemy, but being influenced by the little people, it reminds people of 007) , to obtain the double harvest of spiritual civilization and material civilization.
This approach is not new, at least it was played in Hitchcock's 1958 "North by Northwest". But after decades, the audience is not too tired of this kind of stories of little people who have become heroes by accident. Every time they come out, they always take all the bills, like 007 movies, professional secret agents and beautiful Bond girls. The genre story has been filmed for decades, doesn't it win every time at the box office?
Of course, the times are different, and movies of the same channel should also have new meanings. For example, in this "Public Enemy of the State", in addition to the similar thrilling plots, what is impressive is that a conspirator in a key position in a state agency can use satellite positioning system tracking, video surveillance and electronic file search to achieve his sinister goals. At the same time, it can also see the vulnerability and powerlessness of everyone's privacy in the face of powerful state machinery. However, this feeling will not last long. In the end, the movie will eventually let good people get far, and with wisdom and courage to win the seemingly impossible victory, the audience's previous worries and tensions finally turned into a shallow sense of joy.

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Extended Reading
  • Gloria 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    It's been almost 15 years since the movie, and I'm still in a cold sweat watching it now. In this modern society with more advanced technology, is there any privacy at all?

  • Olin 2022-04-22 07:01:04

    The story is very compact, occasionally thunderous, but there will be extra points if there is Will, hehe!

Enemy of the State quotes

  • Robert Clayton Dean: He said his name was Brill.

    Brill: He said it, or you said it and he picked up on it?

    Robert Clayton Dean: [pause] Oh shit, I said it.

  • Jamie Williams: Ooh, sensitive.