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If I might digress slightly about Enemy of the State director Tony Scott: At his worst Tony Scott is far, far worse than brother Ridley (Revenge, Days of Thunder, Man on Fire) but at his best (Crimson Tide, glimpses of Enemy of the State, most of True Romance) he does suspense and smaller-scale action noticeably better: very, very well indeed, in fact. But I think his time was very definately the 1990s, when the world and everyone in it was happier and stupider. Ridley will carry on making expensive, overcooked, underwritten historical epics (and don't forget: films about Monopoly), while Tony tries harder and harder (but with less and less success: Domino, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123) to recreate the same sort of dumb violent action that was smelling a bit "off" ten years ago.
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