Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Surprisingly Awesome!!
Cal McAffrey(Russell Crowe) and Stephen Collins(Ben Affleck) have been friends since college days. However, while Cal is a reputed reporter for The Washington Globe, Stephen is a young ambitious congressman, with a beautiful wife. One morning, when Stephen is delivering a press conference, he is told that Sonia Baker, one of the members on his committee had died in a subway accident. This piece of news leaves him in tears, as he obviously was having an extramarital affair with her. Cal investigates this piece of story, along with Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), who writes for the online version of the Washington Post.
With an extremely talented support cast including Helen Mirren (the ruthless editor of the newspaper), Jason Bateman ( a wealthy pill popping public relations executive), Michael Berresse and Jeff Daniels, this film explores the filthy secrets powering a multi-billion revenue generating private defense contractor, which threatens to take over the national security of America!
Though heavily dialogue driven, this movie introduces new twist and turns, whenever it starts getting predictable, thus having the ability to keep you at the edge of your seats. With murders, conspiracies, cover ups and a fast paced storyline, Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe deliver one of their best performances in recent times in this extremely well crafted movie!
PS: Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams show amazing chemistry on screen.
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Surprisingly Awesome!!
Cal McAffrey(Russell Crowe) and Stephen Collins(Ben Affleck) have been friends since college days. However, while Cal is a reputed reporter for The Washington Globe, Stephen is a young ambitious congressman, with a beautiful wife. One morning, when Stephen is delivering a press conference, he is told that Sonia Baker, one of the members on his committee had died in a subway accident. This piece of news leaves him in tears, as he obviously was having an extramarital affair with her. Cal investigates this piece of story, along with Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), who writes for the online version of the Washington Post.
With an extremely talented support cast including Helen Mirren (the ruthless editor of the newspaper), Jason Bateman ( a wealthy pill popping public relations executive), Michael Berresse and Jeff Daniels, this film explores the filthy secrets powering a multi-billion revenue generating private defense contractor, which threatens to take over the national security of America!
Though heavily dialogue driven, this movie introduces new twist and turns, whenever it starts getting predictable, thus having the ability to keep you at the edge of your seats. With murders, conspiracies, cover ups and a fast paced storyline, Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe deliver one of their best performances in recent times in this extremely well crafted movie!
PS: Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams show amazing chemistry on screen.
