DESTROYER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nicole Kidman (Lion), Sebastian Stan (I, Tonya), Toby Kebbell (A Monster Calls), Tatiana Maslany (Stronger), Bradley Whitford (Get Out), Jade Pettyjohn (Dakota’s Summer), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Toby Huss (The Front Runner), Zach Villa (Honeyglue), James Jordan (Wind River), Beau Knapp (The Gift), Shamier Anderson (Race)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body), director; Phil Hay (Ride Along) and Matt Manfredi (Æon Flux), writers, producers; Fred Berger (La La Land), producer; Theodore Shapiro (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), composer; Julie Kirkwood (This Life), cinematographer; Plummy Tucker (The Invitation), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Erin Bell (Kidman) is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the Californian desert with tragic results that still haunt her to this day. When the murderous leader of that gang, Silas (Kebbell), re-emerges after many years, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her deeply troubled history with them if she is to finally make peace with her demons…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Nicole Kidman is utterly astonishing in a role that’s unlike anything she’s played before, where she’s virtually unrecognisable and doing things that only an actress like her could have the balls to do.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH JANUARY 2019

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