PREVIEW: Vengeance (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

B.J. Novak (Inglourious Basterds), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Lio Tipton (Crazy, Stupid, Love), Ashton Kutcher (The Butterfly Effect), Isabella Amara (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Dove Cameron (Dumplin’), J. Smith-Cameron (The First Wives Club), Eli Abrams Bickel (film debut), Issa Rae (The Lovebirds), Louanne Stephens (Song to Song), John Mayer (Get Hard), Clint Obenchain (News of the World), Zach Villa (Destroyer)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

B.J. Novak (film debut), director, writer; Jason Blum (BlacKkKlansman), Greg Gilreath (Cam) and Adam Hendricks (Totem), producers; Finneas O’Connell (film debut), composer; Lyn Moncrief (The Sublime and Beautiful), cinematographer; Andy Canny (Upgrade), Hilda Rasula (French Exit) and Plummy Tucker (Destroyer), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ben Manalowitz (Novak), a New York journalist and podcaster, learns that Abby (Tipton), a girl he once hooked up with, has suddenly died from an apparent drug overdose. Travelling to Texas for the funeral, Ben discovers that Abby might have actually been murdered, and puts his journalism skills to the test in order to uncover the mystery…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

B.J. Novak, a star of the hit TV sitcom The Office (the American one), writes, directs and stars in this compelling mystery with strong elements of dark comedy neatly stitched together with uneasy thriller components.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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