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The Contender
Drama, Thriller
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy intelligent political dramas about moral conviction, public scrutiny, and principled resistance to institutional manipulation.
- Tone
- tense, cerebral, bleak
- Payoff
- vindication, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- political power, gender equality, privacy, integrity, institutional loyalty
- Setting
- contemporary, Washington political institutions and media corridors
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