Enemy of the State Blu-ray

Enemy of the State

 (1998)

Action | Drama | Thriller



Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a lawyer whose life is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a friend. Robert has just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the tail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious fed named Reynolds. Using surveillance from satellites, bugs and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves. Driven by acute paranoia, Dean enlists the help of a clandestine former NSA operative named Brill (Gene Hackman) and ENEMY OF THE STATE kicks into high-intensity hyper drive.

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Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King
Director: Tony Scott

Enemy of the State Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Enemy of the State has seen its fair share of releases on standard definition DVD and none have been particularly impressive. Disney has really risen to the challenge of presenting this film in a way that has never been seen before in the home video realm, as the film looks spectacular on Blu-ray. Colors are appropriately vivid, grain structure has been nicely preserved and black levels are excellent in this transfer. I was very impressed with the amount of fine detail present in Enemy of the State as well. Skin details and textural backgrounds are very clearly defined and are a clear upgrade from the previous DVD versions of the film. The one nitpick I do have with this Blu-ray edition, is in the quality of the master. There are numerous examples of defects present in this transfer including source print scratches and what appeared to be a bad splice in the film. Perhaps this was sourced from an older master that was created when these sorts of details were masked by the lower resolution of DVD. Regardless, it is a distraction for the first 15 or so minutes of the film. Thankfully, the problems seem to clear up from there on out.

Enemy of the State Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Disney, much like Sony, have been big supporters of utilizing uncompressed PCM audio on all of their Blu-ray releases and Enemy of the State features a fine PCM track that is a huge improvement over previous Dolby Digital versions of the film. I was very impressed with the large amount of intense directional sound in this film. There are many scenes where we are treated to visuals of orbiting satellites zooming in on action on the ground. During these sequences, the surround channels light up dramatically with fantastic whooshing sounds that spiral around the room. The film’s multiple chase sequences are also terrifically directional with ample surround usage and an abundance of deep bass action. Dialog is always crisp and perfectly intelligible and I never had any trouble understanding any of the characters, even in the most dramatic and noisy scenes. All in all, Enemy of the State in PCM offers a tremendous upgrade over the previous DVD versions of the film and is a very involving surround experience.

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