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Vengeance(2022)

R
1h 47m

Release Date: Jul 29, 2022 | Wide

81%
86%
B+
6.8

A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.

Releases

Original Release | Jul 29, 2022

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$1,755,325
Total US & Canada:
$4,330,720
Total International
$39,816
Total Worldwide:
$4,370,536

Director & Top Cast

B.J. Novak
Director

Lio Tipton
Actor

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Plot Summary

New York City journalist Ben Manalowitz lives a metropolitan life of casual romantic relationships. Late one night, he receives a phone call from a stranger, Ty Shaw, informing him that his "girlfriend," Abilene "Abby" Shaw, has died of an apparent drug overdose. In actuality, Abby was one of Ben's many casual romantic relationships whom Ben barely remembers. At Ty's insistence, Ben flies to Texas to attend the funeral. He meets Abby's family: brother Ty, mother Sharon, sisters Paris and Kansas City, younger brother Mason (referred to as "El Stupido"), and Granny Carole.Ty informs Ben that he suspects Abby was actually murdered, adamantly maintaining that she never took drugs, and asks Ben to accompany him to find the truth and avenge her. After conferring with his podcast producer Eloise, Ben elects to aid them as part of a story about grief and denial.Ben and Ty meet Ty's friend Crawl, who explains that parties often occur at the oil fields and tells Ben of an area nearby the fields dubbed "the Afterparty", an area between law enforcement jurisdictions where dead bodies have been reported over time. Crawl and Ty suspect Sancholo, a local drug dealer, as responsible for Abby's death. Ben meets Quentin Sellers, an eccentric record producer, in the midst of working with a teenaged female singer; like Ben, Quentin is an outsider and college-educated but has come to adopt Texas as his home. He gives Ben a memory stick with recordings of Abby performing. Ben confronts Sancholo to discuss Abby's death, who reveals he was in Tulsa at the time. Ben later joins the Shaw family at a rodeo, where he accidentally draws the crowd's ire by expressing support for the Texas Longhorns when the crowd is overwhelmingly in favor of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.Ben's car explodes. Later, Ben receives a call from Eloise, telling him that the story is complete - and his best ever - and expects him to now return to New York. At dinner with the Shaws at Whataburger, Granny mentions that Abby was, in fact, a drug user and that Ty had lied about that to Ben, wanting to get closer to her (supposed) boyfriend. Leaving the restaurant, Ben reveals that he was not close with Abby and criticizes the Shaws' lives and mentalities.Later, Mason mentions how Abby would speak in code with him, saying "1435" (for the letters in "I love you mucho"). Enlightened, Ben uses the number to unlock Abby's phone, finding a contact labeled "Ben", which Abby did to make her family believe she was texting with a New York boyfriend (thus the Shaws' misunderstanding). The last few messages indicate that Abby was abandoned by the unknown Texas "Ben" as she lay dying.Armed with one of Ty's pistols, Ben rides with Mason to a party at the oil fields. Ben learns that his car was bombed by Texas Tech fans from the rodeo. Ben finds Ty and Quentin, and the latter invites him to a private tent to converse. Inside, Ben notices a stash of opioids and witnesses the teenage singer from earlier being dragged away to "the Afterparty". After turning off his recorder, Ben elicits a confession from Quentin, who confirms that he caused Abby to overdose and left her to die. Ben reveals that he actually recorded the confession on his phone, to which Quentin responds with a speech about the nature of Ben's story and how ever-questioning audiences will shift their negative attention from Quentin (who only "left somebody to die" of their own overdose) to Ben and then toward the Shaws. Ben executes Quentin with Ty's pistol.Upon returning to the Shaw house, Ben reconciles with Ty and Sharon. Before departing from Texas, Ben remotely deletes all copies of his recordings, electing to keep the story between the Shaws and himself. (thanks to Wikipedia)

Storyline

Months after a few one night stands, New York City writer Ben finds out a girl he barely knows has died. He's talked into flying to the middle of nowhere in Texas for her funeral where her brother vows to find out who killed her... and seek vengeance.

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