A brilliant movie casted with big names such as Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren definitely promised a movie thrill such as this one.
Started off very CSI-esque with two relatively unrelated murders with great shocking effects, the director of State of Play does know his game. Cal Mcaffrey, played by Russell begins as a passionate journalist hunts his story which began from a seemingly random murder that leads to the next.
The plot of this movie is definitely very clever, despite the sometimes confusing turns that might leave you wondering. Russell played his part really well despite the occassional slip of accent while his counterpart, Affleck did well to compliment him. He needed that role to shake off his tabloid status and it did it. He was rather amazing playing the politician.
The females played rather subdued roles, with Mcadams as the supporting journalists...who writes the news blog while Mirren played the boss lady who runs the paper. At the least, they've inspired those of us who always wanted to be journalists and write for a living.
All in all, the movie was great and kept the audience gripping their seats in suspense as the director brought great suspense and effects. Don't be fooled by the lack of the blockbuster hoohahs, because we'd definitely recommend it to those who wants a good movie after a while of mindless funny movies.
3.5/5 for this one ;)
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