Top billed cast

1. 

   Russell Crowe

   Cal McAffrey

2. 

   Ben Affleck

   Stephen Collins

3. 

   Rachel McAdams

   Della Frye

4. 

   Helen Mirren

   Cameron Lynne

5. 

   Robin Wright

   Anne Collins

6. 

   Jason Bateman

   Dominic Foy

7. 

   Jeff Daniels

   George Fergus

8. 

   Michael Berresse

   Robert Bingham

9. 

   Harry Lennix

   Det. Donald Bell

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Reviews

A review by Dr_Nostromo

Written by Dr_Nostromo on 2026-04-30

78/100

Two reporters working on seemingly unrelated stories discover they're connected in a big way reaching well into the halls of congress. This is an exciting political thriller that maintains its intensity throughout despite being devoid of any sort of action to speak of. An exceptional all-star cast, you'd be hard pressed to see someone you didn't recognize. It's biggest strength is its ability to present an amazingly complex and ever evolving story without once losing the viewer with fantastic writing and acting. Best of its kind since "All the President's Men", imo. -- DrNostromo.com

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$60,000,000.00

Revenue
$87,800,000.00

Keywords

• newspaper
• journalist
• assassin
• assassination
• washington dc, usa
• government
• corruption
• congress
• election campaign
• politics
• detective
• editor-in-chief
• blog
• murder
• reporter
• u.s. congress
• investigative journalism
• usa politics