A campaign finance investigation turns into something far more dangerous in this 2023 political thriller from director Eromose.
What is 88 about?
Working inside the finance operation of a leading presidential campaign, a financial director starts pulling at loose threads in the super PAC's donor ledgers. What looks at first like sloppy bookkeeping hardens into a pattern, then into evidence of a scheme reaching well past the campaign office. As pressure mounts from colleagues and unnamed backers alike, the investigation forces a reckoning between personal loyalty and the public record. William Fichtner, Orlando Jones, and Thomas Sadoski round out a cast led by Brandon Victor Dixon and Naturi Naughton, playing operatives who each have a stake in whether the truth comes out.
About the cast
Brandon Victor Dixon anchors the film as the finance director whose curiosity sets the plot in motion, with Naturi Naughton providing a steady counterweight. Character actor William Fichtner brings his familiar coiled intensity to a supporting role, while Orlando Jones and Thomas Sadoski fill out the campaign's inner circle with performances that keep the political machinery feeling lived-in rather than abstract.
Context & significance
Released in 2023, 88 belongs to a run of American thrillers that use the mechanics of a presidential campaign — polling, fundraising, opposition research — as the backdrop for a conspiracy story rather than the subject itself. The title nods to the ballot-line number assigned to the fictional candidate at the center of the donor scandal, a small detail that roots the story in the granular procedure of an election rather than its speeches.
Watching 88 on Ktime
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