When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
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Russell Crowe
Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck
Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams
Della Frye
Helen Mirren
Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright
Anne Collins
Jason Bateman
Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels
George Fergus
Michael Berresse
Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix
Det. Donald Bell
Josh Mostel
Pete
Director
Kevin Macdonald
Screenplay
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Tagline
"Find the truth"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$60,000,000
Revenue
$87,800,000
Production
Andell Entertainment, Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Relativity Media
Andres Gomez
October 25, 2013
Good movie, great cast and interesting plot. A movies as they used to be when interesting thrillers were on the screens with higher frequency.
Peter McGinn
July 25, 2021
This movie follows a familiar subset of the thriller genre, that of the journalist investigating a story and discovering there is more involved than what meets the eye, and before he knows it there is evidence of a conspiracy stretching high into government. How high? Well, that of course varies from one conspiracy movie to the next. I couldn’t help but notice that one of the methods of death e...
Dr_Nostromo
April 30, 2026
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 ab...
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