Oscar® winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering
thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist
embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe
plays D.C. reporter Cal McAffrey, whose street smarts lead him to
untangle a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the
nation’s most promising political and corporate figures in "State of
Play," from acclaimed director Kevin Macdonald ("The Last King of
Scotland").
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck)
is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who
serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending.
All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for
the upcoming presidential race. Until his research
assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come
tumbling out.
McAffrey has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with
Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron (Oscar® winner Helen Mirren),
who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della (Rachel
McAdams
) try to uncover the killer’s identity, McAffrey steps
into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation’s power
structures. And in a town of spin-doctors and wealthy politicos, he
will discover one truth: when billions are at stake, no one’s
integrity, love or life is ever safe.
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