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Monday, 23 January 2023

Vengeance: A murder mystery, thriller, and dark comedy all wrapped in one

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Actor-writer-producer BJ Novak casts himself as the lead in his directorial debut, black comedy thriller film Vengeance. Novak (who you may know as Ryan Howard from The Office) plays Ben Manalowitz, a journalist and podcaster, who finds out that Abby — a woman he had a fling with — died of an overdose of OxyContin. Abby’s brother, Ty Shaw (Boyd Holbrook), calls Manalowitz to inform him of the news and ask him to travel from New York City to a small town in Texas for her funeral. After reluctantly agreeing, Ty informs Manalowitz that he believes Abby was murdered. Manalowitz agrees to stay and investigate in hopes that this may be the true crime podcast topic he’s been searching for. Ashton Kutcher and Succession’s J Smith-Cameron play Texas locals, while singer John Mayer makes an appearance playing Manalowitz’s friend. The movie is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

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