In an opulent vacation home, a mysterious intruder is forced to kidnap the property owners -- a wealthy CEO and his wife -- when they arrive unexpectedly.
Acting
Plemons weaponizes passive-aggression into something genuinely menacing.
Production
The house is a character — all glass walls and buried resentment.
Director
Charlie McDowell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely during COVID with a skeleton crew; the empty, eerie atmosphere wasn't entirely scripted.
The title's double meaning — financial windfall and the sudden destructive gust — mirrors how wealth itself becomes the trap.
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