Netflix has revealed a new trailer forThe Last Thing He Wanted. This looks to be a prestigious thriller, as it’s directed by Dee Rees and features a pair of A-list stars in the lead with Ben Affleck and Anne Hathaway. Plus, it’s set to make its debut at the Sundance Film Festival next week, which adds a little more fuel to the fire. Looking purely at the trailer, it looks to be a twisty, tense ride in the seedy underworld of arms dealing.
The trailer shows usAnne Hathaway, who plays an investigative journalist, and Ben Affleck who is clearly not on her side, in the middle of some shady arms deals. There are some shady dealings going on and Hathaway puts herself at risk to scope out the situation. Things get complicated when her dad ends up mixed up in all of this. It looks to be a stylish flick that will get by with intrigue and keeping the audience guessing, as opposed to having stuff blow up. It looks like the kind of movie that might have a difficult time finding an audience in theaters, but that’s where Netflix comes in.
ThisNetflix originalserves as the follow up to the acclaimed dramaMudboundfor Dee Rees. The movie went on to earn four Academy Award nominations. As for Ben Affleck, he starred in another Netflix thriller,Triple Frontier, last year, which served as his follow-up toJustice League. Affleck also appeared inJay and Silent Bob Reboot. Anne Hathaway, meanwhile, starred inThe HustleandSerenity, both of which underperformed a bit, but she also appeared in the critically-heraldedDark Waters. Affleck also hasThe Way Backon deck for this year, and Hathaway is set to star inThe Witchesremake directed by Robert Zemeckis.
The Last Thing He Wantedcenters on Elena McMahon (Anne Hathaway), a journalist and single mother who has tirelessly investigated Contra activity in Central America for years. Wen her coverage gets censored, she becomes frustrated. Things take a turn when her father (Willem Dafoe) falls ill and leaves behind several unfinished and unsavory arms deals in the region. Now a pawn in a dangerous game she’s unfamiliar with, Elena needs to parse her own story to survive, all the while, a U.S. state official (Ben Affleck) with whom she has a checkered past becomes involved, further complicating matters.
Thecast also includes Willem Dafoe(John Wick,At Eternity’s Gate), Rosie Perez (Birds of Prey,White Men Can’t Jump), and Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avengers,Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom). This is set to be just one small part of a very big year for Netflix, as they’re expected to spend $17 billion on content in 2020 alone.The Last Thing He Wantedarrives on February 21 via theNetflix streaming service. Be sure to check out the new trailer for yourself.
