Wander Movie Storyline. Arthur Bretnik (Aaron Eckhart) is a mentally unstable conspiracy theorist and private investigator whose family was killed in a vehicle accident. Prior to becoming a conspiracy theorist, he was a detective who investigated the unusual death of an individual whose chest appeared to have something explode out of it, whose body was later stolen from the morgue. Bretnik and his friend Jimmy Cleats (Tommy Lee Jones) host a podcast that discusses conspiracy theories.
One of the podcast’s listeners, Elena Guzman (Deborah Chavez), hires Bretnik to investigate the death of her daughter, Zoe, in the small town of Wander, New Mexico, which she believes was a covered-up murder. When he arrives, he meets Sheriff Luis Santiago (Raymond Cruz) and attempts to investigate the incident, but becomes convinced that he is being followed and that the death may be part of the same “conspiracy cover up” that caused the death of his own daughter years prior.
Bretnik’s suspicions reach their peak when, after believing he is being followed by two men in an old Jeep Cherokee, he discovers it transporting a woman’s body, which it moves into a derelict garage. When Bretnik goes to investigate, he discovers a series of underground rooms where people are trapped and implanted with microchips. Cleats arrives to investigate with Bretnik, and they discover that Elena and Zoe’s identities are fake, they are actually both missing persons, Sofia and Martina Lopez. The two go to investigate; before going, Bretnik places an envelope in a mailbox.
When Bretnik and Cleats arrive, Elena/Sofia violently attacks Bretnik and claims Cleats is involved before her microchip suddenly explodes, killing her; Cleats claims the “involvement” she mentioned is that he got her to report the death to Bretnik for money, and the two bury the woman’s body in the desert. Bretnik and Cleats then go to acquire photographic proof of the garage’s existence to expose it to the public. Meanwhile, Bretnik’s lawyer, Shelly Luscomb (Heather Graham), discovers Bretnik’s trailer and determines he has traveled to Wander.
Wander is a 2020 American thriller film directed by April Mullen and written by Tim Doiron. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham, and Roger Dorman. The story focuses on two conspiracy theorists and their investigation of a murder. Wander was released on December 4, 2020, in the United States. It received mixed to negative reviews.
Wander (2020)
Directed by: April Mullen
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham, Tommy Lee Jones, Raymond Cruz, Brendan Fehr, Roger Dorman, Elizabeth Selby, Deborah Chavez, Alaina Warren Zachary
Screenplay by: Tim Doiron
Cinematography by: Gavin Smith, Russ De Jong
Film Editing by: Luke Higginson
Costume Design by: Ursula Rochester
Makeup Department: Sheila Eden, Sheila Eden, Jiji Hise, Hillary Zinks
Music by: Alexandra Mackenzie
MPAA Rating: R for violence and bloody images.
Distributed by: Saban Films
Release Date: September 11, 2020 (Deauville Film Festival), December 4, 2020 (United States)
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