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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A tightly wound surveillance thriller that shares Enemy of the State’s paranoia and ethical unease, but turns the focus inward on an expert whose technical skill leaves him increasingly isolated.
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Why this pick
Its ordinary analyst is abruptly hunted by forces far beyond his reach, delivering the same breathless institutional-conspiracy tension and escalating distrust.
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Why this pick
A cool, ominous conspiracy chase in which one man probes a political cover-up, sustaining Enemy of the State’s sense that official power can erase evidence and people.
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Why this pick
For the gadgetry, surveillance and pursued-by-powerful-people appeal, with an ensemble of clever specialists and a lighter, more playful tone than Enemy of the State.
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Why this pick
A sleek, urgent fugitive thriller built around surveillance evasion, improvised escapes and a protagonist uncovering why a covert apparatus wants him eliminated.
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01 / THE STORY
NSA official Thomas Bryan Reynolds meets with U.S. Congressman Phil Hammersley in a public park to discuss support for a new piece of counterterrorism legislation the U.S. Congress is pushing that dramatically expands the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies over individuals and groups. Hammersley remains committed to blocking its passage, since he believes it would almost totally destroy the privacy of U.S. citizens. Reynolds, determined to have the bill pass so as to gain a long-delayed and anticipated promotion within the NSA, has his team murder Hammersley, spread heart pills over his car, place his body in the car and push it in a lake to simulate the cause of death as a heart attack. In the aftermath, they discover that wildlife researcher Daniel Zavitz had a camera aimed in the woods at their location. Zavitz inspects the footage and, realizing he has captured the congressman's murder, calls a journalist he knows. The call is monitored by Reynolds's team who attempt to break into Zavitz's apartment to retrieve the tape. Realizing he is in danger, Zavitz transfers the video to a disc before fleeing the apartment ahead of Reynolds's men.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Robert Clayton Dean
Edward Lyle, aka Brill
Thomas Brian Reynolds
Rachel Banks
Carla Dean
Congressman Sam Albert
Loren Hicks
David Pratt
