Written, directed by and starring Joel Edgerton (writer of The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty, Warrior) comes a new psychological thriller that looks scary as fuck.
Now, I know what you’re going to say. “This doesn’t look scary, shut up.” To me, the fact that I know people like this is all too terrifying. Have you ever been forced into a friendship and wanted it to end? If so, did you fear what the consequences would be? Some people just don’t “get the hint”, so to speak.
Edgerton’s The Gift, also starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall, tap right into that terror. The ‘what if?’ of such a creepy relationship.
The Gift opens in theaters July 31, 2015 via a new distribution company, STX. We not only have the first official still, but also the synopsis and the nerve-wrecking trailer debut.
“Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged….chances are there is someone out there who won’t ever forget it…or you.
Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon’s high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn’t recognize Gordo (Joel Edgerton) at first, but after a seemingly coincidental series of encounters proves troubling, a horrifying secret from their past is uncovered after nearly 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?
Personally, I think this looks awesome.
