State of Play is a British TV drama (I think already remade by USA film industry at some point). And I remembered purchasing it during my James McAvoy crush phase (this one ended so quickly - sigh) and I decided to give it a go on Friday and Saturday (since it is easier for me to stay late those days and then I can sleep in the morning - fasting changes the time table).
It ended up being a very good show. Intense with great characters and events happening speedily one after another. But the Brits know how to balance the speed with little time outs that gives not only breathing space for the viewer but also more information on the characters.
The two guys on the dvd cover are an up and coming politician (the good looking one) and a well established investigative reporter who used to be his campaign manager way back.
The politician's research assistant dies suddenly and since he is the chairman of a en energy committee that prepared a very important report, his reaction at the press conference (crying) was considered suspicious and it soon became apparent that he was having an affair with her. His wife and children are devastated but the issue does not seem to be as serious (this is a man's world after all). But the journalists found a connection between the contract murder of a teenager (so far involvement in drugs were suspected) and the death of the research assistant more interesting information start to surface. And then we find that the research assistant was actually murdered (and the teenager who was murdered was actually a pickpocket who stole the contract killer's briefcase) and when our journalists start to investigate events got even more interesting and dangerous.
Of course there is a twist and it was something I could have seen but didn't and all in all I ended up being very happy with this purchase.
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