Enemy of the State (1998): Surveillance Goblins, Turkey Bags, and One Extremely Wired Gene Hackman

Rewind or Die – Cult Movies, Trash Cinema, and Deep Dives by Adam Chase

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They’re watching you. Through your phone. Through your fridge. Through the turkey sandwich in your shopping bag.

This week on Rewind or Die, the gang goes deep (and extremely off the rails) on 1998’s Enemy of the State—a paranoia-soaked, satellite-scrambled, Cheez-It-powered thriller starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, and the most dangerous MiniDisc in America.

We cover it ALL: —Ducks in Witness ProtectionGabriel Byrne dying faster than you can say “surveillance subplot”NSA interns who look like they just left a Mountain Dew LAN party —And Gene Hackman LIVING inside a Faraday cage made of rage and RadioShack cables.

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