A corporate fixer navigates a high-stakes legal cover-up, where every decision carries weighty, dangerous consequences.
Suspenseful and cerebral. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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