12 Sci-Fi Movies That Got The Future SCARILY Right

6. Enemy Of The State - Big Brother Sees Everything

Face-Off Travolta Cage
Buena Vista Pictures

Enemy of the State doesn't exactly jump out as a sci-fi movie, but as mentioned earlier it does fit well within the parameters of the genre as a work of fiction based on the idea of technological advancement.

Will Smith and Gene Hackman might have been able to escape the authorities with little more than their wits and no small amount of subterfuge, but these days Big Brother really is everywhere, and the so-called 'surveillance state' is under a constant barrage of both criticism and scrutiny.

As technology advances, people are going to find ways to exploit it, and with both governments and criminals now capable of hacking security cameras, phones, computers or any piece of kit with either an internet connection or a video feed, the movie's predictions of authority figures unlawfully tracking civilians without any regard for privacy probably already runs much deeper than we even know.

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