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 McCaffrey, 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.
McCaffrey 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, McCaffrey 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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