I recommend "End Game" to all JFK buffs, as an example of covert propaganda. The premise is ridiculous and the conclusion outrageous. For the real "End Game", see the Alex Jones documentary. And for the real Secrect Service agent account, see Abraham Bolden's book. This film, and I hesitate to use that designation "film" as it is a padded hour TV show at best, cannot be taken seriously as entertainment. The 90 min. run time is merciful. I would think it was intended as a joke were it not in such bad taste. A suspension of disbelief is required and critical thinking will just spoil the intended effect which I assume is gullible acceptance of a twisted world view.

This movie had a crazy good trailer, crazy good cast, and I was very excited to see it. The plot was action packed and mysterious. Just the right ingredients for a great thriller.Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Angie Harmon worked very well together. Great chemistry and clever quips between the two of them. The supporting cast was great and added a whole new layer to the plot. Being on the run from potential bad guys (everyone's a suspect), there are some tense moments.And the bad guys? The bad guys were very scary and very effective. I tell ya, this movie had it all. I was keyed on the entire time. From beginning to end. And just when you think you know who did it --- exactly. The ending will leave you wanting more, believe me.

End Game is a collection of clichés and it's nothing we haven't seen before. It wastes good talent abound here, including Cuba Gooding, James Woods and the lovely Anne Archer. End Game's main problem is the lack of thrills. There is endless talky scenes, with nothing of interest really happening in any of them. I've already stated my feelings on Cuba floundering in this type of crap, but James Woods must have really needed the pay check. Political thrillers i'm very picky on, because politics bore me in general so naturally the movie's gotta be thrilling. The twist at the end was obvious and I predicted it halfway through the movie, where as the action lovers will be bored to tears as there's not many explosions or that. There is one decent chase scene involving Cuba that impressed me quite a bit, unfortunately it was really the only quality thing about this movie.Performances. Cuba Gooding is mediocre here, and he's a world class actor when he wants to be. He slums around acting drunk and just looking miserable half the time. He wasn't terrible, but wasn't any good either. Angie Harmon is OK as the Reporter but nothing spectacular. James Woods cashes in a check and does a decent job of doing it. Anne Archer is OK in her role and adds a bit of class. Burt Reynolds is embarrassing himself plain and simple.Bottom line. There is really nothing of note here to recommend. It's not as bad as Devil's Tomb or Way Of War|heaven forbid| but it's still pretty bad. Not recommended.3/10

Some guy gets whacked. Right out in plain sight this other guy shoots him. He's got some bodyguards and they whack the killer, but a reporter gets interested. She goes to the hospital where they took the guy who got whacked. She walks in, and corners one bodyguard, but he doesn't feel like talking. I can't figure out why. It's not like anyone else is interested. She's the only reporter there. Anyway, her editor discourages her from working on this lame story. But hey, she does anyway. She goes to see the killer's sister & mom. A few minutes after she leaves they get whacked big time-- somebody blows up their trailer-- huge ball of fire. Then she searches out the bodyguard from the hospital. She finds him hungover on his boat, but a minute later they're both underwater sucking on a scuba tank 'cause three guys are trying to whack them (and have blown up the boat big time-- huge ball of fire). The reporter and the bodyguard whack two of the guys who are trying to whack them. In the course of the next hour another guy gets whacked crossing the street, there's a shootout with several stiffs in a warehouse, some car chases with wreckage & death, a fake suicide, etc. etc. Lotsa stiffs, all kindsa carnage. Great stuff, but what the reporter and the bodyguard can't figure is: why in hell the original guy got whacked. What's the motivation? Of course, it might help us to figure out why the reporter's even interested. Through almost all of this she's the only reporter on the story. Nobody else in the media cares. Not even with all the big fireballs and dead bodies. True, the original guy who got whacked wasn't exactly a celebrity. His job was a little bit dull. He was just the President. Yeah, the one who lives in the White House. Oh, and the bodyguard is a Secret Service agent.Is that the spoiler?It should be. After all there are no TV cameras, no other print reporters, no bloggers... just another one of those police blotter crimes...So what's the spoiler?Lemme think...No! Wait! The spoiler is that his wife did it! Yeah... the First Lady. She was p---ed because the President was fooling around. And she gets away with it. She's really sharp, huh? But how the hell could anybody ever figure that out? Why would anyone bother? After all, only one reporter is even interested. I give this move a "1". It was so dumb I just had to keep watching. And it only got dumber! That's the real spoiler! But even though I've told you, you've got to see it to believe it!