I had heard this movie was bad, but I didn't know it was this bad. Ten minutes in they have set up this Blackwater type company that you either know will be the bad guy or is just a big ol' red herring. The best mysteries give you several red herrings, but "State of Play" makes it obvious that it will either be one thing or the other and then it just becomes boring. None of the actors are particularly bad in it including the killer who looks like Steve Carrell's cousin, but it meanders. Two stars.