One twist too many

Watched State of Play last Friday - the movie that made Ippudo possible (it was the movie that helped us get by the 2 hour rate). Here's the review:

I understand that a movie about conspiracy theory needs to have twists. Since you probably won't watch the movie, here's the plot (SPOILER ALERT!!!):
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Oh, whom am I kidding... who would care about State of Play!? Young senator's (Ben Affleck) staff, who is having an affair with the senator, is murdered. Young senator is involved in one of the biggest corporate conspiracies involving ex-military men for defense contractors. Old school reporter (Russel Crowe) is ex-roommate of this senator and links another murder case to the the staffs' murder. Crowe investigates and finds staff being a spy for the defense contractors. And that the mentor of the young senator is the one who recommended the staff. But the staff fell in love with young senator and stopped helping.

The reporter finally finds the link (against a newspaper deadline, of course) between the defense contractor and the older senator and the staff. Up to now, it's been a brilliant performance by Russel Crowe as well as some incredibly intense music score.

Oh, but there's always a twist. Affleck is actually a friend of the murderer, who has gone semi-rogue and killed on his own. Uh... what!? I was ready to leave when reporters uncovered all the links...

One twist too many: it was from slightly recommended to not recommended.