Blumhouse Productions
Divide / Conquer
Focus Features
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Vengeance
Find the story before it finds you.
Ben, a journalist from New York City, travels to West Texas in order to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with while recording a murder mystery podcast along the way.
- Original title
- Vengeance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $4,225,720
The Movie Mob
Nov 1, 2022 · via TMDB
**Vengeance is a decent movie with big questions, funny moments, and endearing characters that loses itself in trying to do too many things all at once.** Vengeance wears a lot of hats (or stetsons, I guess). It begins as comedy, then social and political commentary, murder whodunit, and existential evaluation. Growing up in a small western town made parts of the story even more endearing and slightly offensive. The Whataburger and football jokes are 100% true in the heartland of the USA. Thankfully, the lead character's judgmental tone when he first arrives in this tiny Texas town shifts as he develops respect and affection for the people he interviews and befriends. Vengeance tries to be many things and gets messy in parts where it tries to be a little too clever, but there are parts where it pulls it off as well. I enjoyed where the story ended as the lead finds purpose and family after facing the reality of his own emptiness, loneliness, and pretentiousness. I appreciate what this movie was trying to do with its pursuit of truth and meaning, but it probably tried a little too hard, leaving me with an unsatisfied feeling as the credits rolled.
CinemaSerf
Oct 21, 2022 · via TMDB
When "Ben Manalowitz" (auteur B J Novak) gets a phone call, he leaves his New York home to travel to a remote desert community to find out what happened to a girl he had once hooked up with. Upon arrival he realises that this could be the subject for a serious podcast and so sets out to find her killer - at the behest of her brother "Ty" (Boyd Holbrook) - and simultaneously to offer an analysis of just how these folks live their lives - such a contrast to the style of fast-paced urban dwelling he is used to, and manna from heaven to his producer "Eloise" (Issa Rae). The storyline itself is rather procedural, but there is a decent degree of humour in this film - especially starting with the man-to-man chat at the top of the film which shows neither in a particularly good light. Thereafter some sparingly entertaining contributions from Ashton Kutcher help ginger this along in a sort of film noir style. The quirkiness of the townsfolk's real existence - centred largely around a burger bar; the characterful personalities and an equally effective score from Finneas O'Connell all help to generate a decently paced and quite compelling mystery that I found myself drawn into more than I was expecting. Novak isn't a great actor, but the writing - ultimately offering us an opportunity to evaluate his character and his flaws as much as of anyone else; the developing scenarios and the whole sense of mischief here do most of the heavy lifting allowing us to enjoy the concept without necessarily having to appreciate the acting scene by scene. I really did rather like the ending too.
rsanek
Oct 7, 2022 · via TMDB
Amazingly well-done. Film gets especially good in the last 20%, super rare!
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B.J. Novak
Ben Manalowitz
Boyd Holbrook
Ty Shaw
J. Smith-Cameron
Sharon Shaw
Issa Rae
Eloise
Ashton Kutcher
Quentin Sellers
Lio Tipton
Abilene Shaw
Dove Cameron
Kansas City Shaw
Isabella Amara
Paris Shaw
Eli Bickel
El Stupido Shaw
John Mayer
John
Louanne Stephens
Granny Carole Shaw
Zach Villa
Sancholo
Clint Obenchain
Crawl
Rio Alexander
Sheriff Jimenez
Ben Whitehair
Officer Dan
Grayson Berry
Officer Mike
Nathaniel Augustson
Rowdy Stranger #1
Sean J. Dillingham
Rowdy Stranger
Tracy S. Lee
Radio Intern
Micah McNeil
Texas Tech Fan
Mike Miller
Doctor
Sarah Minnich
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J. Nathan Simmons
Diner Patron
Gonzalo Robles
Not Sancholo (uncredited)
Jeremy Warner
Club Patron (uncredited)
Melissa Chambers
(uncredited)
Courtney Andujar
Production Design
Aaron Becker
Title Designer
Ralph Watson
"A" Camera Operator
Lyn Moncrief
Director of Photography
Ralph Watson
Steadicam Operator
Jiji Hise
Costumer
Mark Riccardi
Stunt Coordinator
B.J. Novak
Director
Susan Boyajian
ADR Voice Casting
Zac Locke
Associate Producer
Sarah Domeier Lindo
Casting
Terri Taylor
Casting
Jon Romano
Co-Producer
B.J. Novak
Executive Producer
Christopher H. Warner
Executive Producer
Leigh Kilton-Smith
Executive Producer
Shayne Hartigan
Extras Casting
Jon Romano
Head of Production
Adam Hendricks
Producer
Greg Gilreath
Producer
Jason Blum
Producer
Kieran Sequoia
Production Coordinator
Christopher H. Warner
Unit Production Manager
Ian Yeromenko
Foley Artist
Andrea von Foerster
Music Supervisor
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Original Music Composer
P.K. Hooker
Sound Designer
P.K. Hooker
Supervising Sound Editor
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