Affairs of State (2018)

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife and daughter of a presidential candidate only to end up bleeding out on the side of an empty road at night.

Director:

Eric Bross

Writer:

Tom Cudworth

Stars:

David Corenswet, Thora Birch, Adrian Grenier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Corenswet	...	Michael Lawson
Thora Birch	...	Callie
Adrian Grenier	...	Rob Reynolds
Mimi Rogers	...	Judith Cabot Baines
David James Elliott	...	John Boland Baines
Grace Victoria Cox	...	Darcy Baines
Faye Grant	...	Mary Maple
Richard Strauss	...	Jerry Todd
Brandon Hardesty	...	Kevin Bidwell
Eugena Washington	...	Tanya Jones
Michael Copon	...	Billy
Bonnie Johnson	...	Gertie Hayde
Amy Campione	...	Lydia
Nate Walker	...	Mad Cash (as Nathan Walker)
Crystal Howell	...	Pune Thug

Storyline

In his quest for power, D.C. aide Michael Lawson will do anything to take part in Senator Baines's White House campaign, including blackmailing Baines's shady advisor and sleeping with the candidate's wife. But when he gets involved with the senator's daughter, Lawson learns his dangerous game could have a deadly payoff.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian kiss | campaign | senator | blackmailed | casual sex | 

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Taglines:

Politics is the second oldest profession

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, some violence and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

This will be director Eric Bross and writer Tom Cudworth's third collaboration.

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Goofs

Michael and his friend are sitting on the park bench talking and eating and in the long shot another couple sits on the next bench, but when the shot cuts to the guys head-on the other bench is empty. In the next long shot the other couple is back.

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Quotes

Michael Lawson: I was on borrowed time in a borrowed SUV.

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Soundtracks

Code Red
Written by April Dawn Burkholder
Performed by Alazae
Courtesy of Experience Music Group

User Reviews

Amateurish execution & insanely dull script sink this turd from the get-go.

Whoa, no wonder every single reviewer is trashing this thing. It's difficult to fathom how this drastically flawed script ever got greenlit by any producer. They must be imbeciles. This was so poorly written and produced that I can only guess that the writer and/or director were in some way related to the geniuses throwing money into this. Maybe it was a blackmail situation. Or maybe worse than that. Adding insult to injury, the "acting," if you can call it that, was embarrassingly amateurish. This lame-ass effort isn't even worthy of a b film classification. File this one away under "Nobody except twelve people will bother to watch this."

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 2019 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Nothing Bad Happens in Dallas

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Productions, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1