Eric Bross directs Public Affairs from a screenplay by Tom Cudworth about a campaign aide who must fight for his life after he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate.</p>
如日中天的华盛顿年轻议员史蒂文•柯林斯(本•阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰)的女助手研究员突然遇害,柯林斯在针对军火商峰点公司的国会听证会上一时失态,致使婚外情曝光,成为众矢之的,只好跑去大学好友兼昔日竞选顾问,《华盛顿环球报》的资深记者卡尔•麦卡弗里(罗素•克劳 Russell Crowe 饰)家暂避。麦卡弗里在调查一起凶杀案的过程中…