2009 · thriller · crime · mystery
State of Play
Directed by Kevin Macdonald2h 7m2009
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Our read: State of Play (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · crime · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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“You want gritty newspaper intrigue exposing D.C. corruption with a veteran reporter lead.”
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