
State of Play(2009)
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.


“The assassination was only the beginning.”
Secret Service agent Alex Thomas is detailed with protecting the president of the United States but, at a public appearance, everything went wrong and the president is assassinated. Wracked with guilt, he blames himself for his team's failure. Meanwhile, seasoned journalist Kate Crawford comes to believe there's a massive conspiracy afoot and convinces Alex of it. Together they unravel a treacherous web of lies as they try to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy amid the deadly threat of shadowy assassins and ex-special ops enforcers.

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Agent Alex Thomas

Angie Harmon
Kate Crawford

James Woods
Agent Vaughn Stevens

Patrick Fabian
Agent Brian Martin

Peter Greene
Philip Keifer aka Jack Baldwin

Jack Scalia
The President

Anne Archer
The First Lady

David Selby
Shakey Fuller

Burt Reynolds
General Montgomery

Sarah Ann Schultz
Janice Frost
End Game is a thriller, action, crime film released in 2006 exploring themes of journalist, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, usa president, investigation. Directed by Andy Cheng, it stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Angie Harmon, James Woods. Secret Service agent Alex Thomas is detailed with protecting the president of the United States but, at a public appearance, everything went wrong and the president is assassinated. Wracked with guilt, he blames himself for his team's failure. Meanwhile, seasoned journalist Kate Crawford comes to believe there's a massive conspiracy afoot and convinces Alex of it. Together they unravel a treacherous web of lies as they try to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy amid the deadly threat of shadowy assassins and ex-special ops enforcers.
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