Power

Thriller about a tough-talking spin doctor who finds himself out of his depth and encountering corruption when he tries to represent an honest political candidate., Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant. When his long-time friend and client Senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman, Jerome Cade. In parallel and unaware of the potential danger he proceeds to unravel the mystery surrounding Hastings dropping out with the aid of his ex-wife, a professional journalist., Political thriller in which the media manipulation game practised by an unscrupulous spin doctor backfires upon him. The PR supremo finds himself in competition with his former mentor when he agrees to take up the cause of a mysterious Washington newcomer, and he is soon prompted to re-examine his personal convictions., A star-studded cast portrays political movers and shakers in this drama about politics and the media. Richard Gere is Pete St. John, a gilt-edged “image” advisor to the likes of powerful and often crooked politicians — including a South American candidate for the top office in his country and, reluctantly, a conservative industrialist named Jerome Cade (J.T. Walsh). Cade is after a Senate seat vacated by Sam Hastings (E.G. Marshall), a liberal politician who fits in with the views that Pete once upheld. When things start to go wrong, it looks like Cade’s gruff advisor Arnold Billings (Denzel Washington) might hold one of the keys to Pete’s discovery of the truth about Cade — and may be the reason why Hastings is leaving his job., A political consultant learns the meaning of power as he helps a businessman with his campaign only to uncover a chain of corruption., An essay on corruption following a savvy political consultant. The consultant is drafted to join an industrialist’s campaign for the Senate seat after it is mysteriously vacated by the consultant’s friend.