End Game has decent performances, but the plot is slow-paced, the editing is awful as the film feels like 2 hours and thirty minutes long when it is only actually 1 hour and thirty minutes.We follow this investigator throughout who may as well have the Black Death Plague as everyone she talks to ends up getting killed.This flick is so dull (even though it tries to be exciting) that you don't even care what happens by the end, they try to make the story line mysterious, but it is just tiring.This is not even a standard drama thriller, it's just a boring excuse for a thriller.

Angie Harmon who seems to have more success on the small then the big screen with Law&Order and Rizzoli&Isles to her credit teams up with Cuba Gooding, Jr. to investigate nothing less than the assassination of President Jack Scalia. In fact it was rather a freakish event in and of itself. The assassin's bullet passed through Secret Service Agent Gooding's hand and may have changed direction ever so slightly and killed Scalia. That's left Gooding bummed and looking for answers.Harmon plays an investigative reporter looking for the truth as well. But this particular president led a secret life as well along the lines of JFK and Gooding was the one who kept the secrets. He and Harmon team up for the investigation, but Gooding feels a loyalty to his former boss and wants to preserve his legacy. At some point they could be working at cross purposes.The action is exciting however the story had a lot of holes in it. Harmon and Gooding work well together. They could have used some better direction as well. Playing a most mysterious role is a retired general Burt Reynolds. He definitely knows more than he's letting out.Fans of the two leads should like this one.

End Game certainly has a star studded cast with Cuba Gooding Jr, James Woods and Burt Reynolds. Thankfully for your eyesight Reynolds is only in for a few scenes because he looks awful with his plastic surgery and bad wig.Gooding is a secret service agent who was injured as the President was assassinated. A pushy journalist uncovers a conspiracy and people start dying. She teams up with Cuba and discover that there are CIA black ops people involved and people close to the President might have been involved in the assassination.End Game is never going to rival Three days of the Condor or The Parallax View. The writing is no great shakes, the photography looks cheap. Yet the cast actually make it watchable. Its rather a decent time waster. The film drops a few clues as it goes along and there is some nice action sequences.

James Woods is among the GREATEST Actors in Motion-Picture History, I can't look at Cinema minus him. And even in a passable entertainer like 'End Game', where Woods is seen in a role not worthy of his talent, Woods still comes up with Another Terrific Performance! Seriously, has Woods ever been bad? 'End Game' Synopsis: A secret Service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the President.'End Game' is a passable entertainer, that offers fair entertainment. Its not remotely remarkable, but it definitely is worth a watch. This direct-to-DVD flick has an interesting premise & the execution is just fine. The Screenplay is well-paced. Andy Cheng's Direction is apt.Apart from Woods, there's Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the lead role & he seems to have acted with a lot of sincerity. On the whole, 'End Game' works till it lasts. For me, this is a James Woods film. His performance is the biggest merit here.