Cast Russell Crowe
Ben Affleck
Robyn Wright Penn
Helen Mirren
Rachel McAdams
Jason Bateman
Screenwriter
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Director
Kevin Macdonald
Running Time
126m 53s
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins 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, who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della 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. (Universal Pictures)
It was very good but it wasn't truly great. The casting broke my concentration a little, an orange advert showed just before the film and the main guy from that was in the film plus Michael Jace plays a uniformed cop who I recognise from The Shield where he plays a uniformed cop and Jason Bateman in a serious role just seemed out of place.
