State of Play

(2009)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 2,210 votes

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Year: 2009

Runtime: 127 мин

Country: France, United Kingdom

Director: Кевин Макдональд

Cast: Рассел Кроу, Бен Аффлек, Рэйчел МакАдамс, Хелен Миррен, Робин Райт, Джейсон Бейтман, Джефф Дэниелс, Michael Berresse, Гарри Ленникс, Josh Mostel

Plot

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Representative's assistant (Maria Thayer) falls in front of a subway, two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe), who spies a conspiracy waiting to be uncovered. With a turbulent past connected to the Representative and the aid of ambitious young rookie writer Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), Cal begins uprooting clues that lead him to a corporate cover-up full of insiders, informants, and assassins. But as he draws closer to the truth, the relentless journalist must decide if it's worth risking his life and selling his soul to get the ultimate story.