Ben Affleck's directing a kidnapping thriller where HE gets taken? The irony is *chef's kiss*.
When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.
Direction
Affleck's return to directing thrillers since Gone Baby Gone
Acting
Kerry Washington playing against type as desperate political wife
Writing
Real-time ransom pressure cooker structure
Director
Ben Affleck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Affleck reportedly developed this during his own brief 2020 political flirtations, channeling that world's paranoia into the script.
The title 'Animals' reportedly refers to a political attack ad quoted in the film that becomes hauntingly prophetic by the third act.
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