A24has released the first trailer for director Alex Garland’s next film,Men. Last month the entertainment company, known for releasing unique and auteur-driven films, released a short teaser for the film, which stars Academy-award-nominee Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear.
The trailer forMenbegins with Buckley’s character, Harper, arriving at a secluded house in the English countryside where she’s greeted by the seemingly friendly caretaker Geoffrey (Kinnear). Things seem innocent enough at first until Harper takes a bite of an apple from a tree in the garden, which seems to bother Geoffrey. He claims he’s joking, but his menacing tone suggests otherwise. Harper is also haunted by the image of a man falling as she stares out of a window in horror. It becomes clear that this man was her husband, and the recently widowed Harper has taken this trip as an escape from the tragic loss.
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TheMentrailer continues with Harper confiding in a priest (also played by Kinnear) as she explains how her late husband mysteriously died falling off their balcony. Oddly enough, the priest implies it’s her fault, suggesting her husband committed suicide, to which she seems appalled. Things get even weird as Harper explores the rural English countryside, only to see the same man everywhere, all portrayed by Kinnear. This even includes a particularly creepy child who bares Kinnear stern face. The rest of theMentrailer shows haunting images of Kinnear and his many doppelgängers terrorizing Harper, as she asks, “what are you?”
Menis the next film by writer/director Garland, whose previous features include the psychologicalscience fiction filmsEx MachinaandAnnihilation. Garland also wrote and directed the limited FX seriesDevs, Starring Nick Offerman and Alison Pill. Similar toMen, the series featured a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the Silicon Valley tech company she works for after her boyfriend’s apparent suicide.Menwill be Garland’s third outing as a feature film director. He is also credited with writing several films, including the sci-fi horror filmsSunshineand28 Days Later, both of which were directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle.
Buckley was recently nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the 2021 filmThe Lost Daughter. In the film, she plays the younger version of the character portrayed byactress Olivia Coleman, who is also nominated for her performance. Buckley’s other recent credits include writer/director Charlie Kaufman’s 2020 surrealist filmI’m Thinking Of Ending Things. She was also featured in supporting roles on the acclaimed HBO miniseriesChernobyl,as well as the fourth season of the FX anthology seriesFargo.
Kinnear is best known for his role as MI6 employee Bill Tanner in the Daniel Craig James Bond films. Kinnear first played Tanner in 2008’sQuantum of Solace. He went on to reprise the role forSkyfall,Spectre,and more recentlyNo Time To Die.Kinnear is also best known for playing the British Prime Minister in the particularly memorable first episode of the British sci-fi anthology seriesBlack Mirror. The episode, titledThe National Anthem,featured Kinnear’s Prime Minister as he’s forced to perform sexual intercourse with a Pig on live television after a member of the Royal family is kidnaped. Evidently, Kinnear is no stranger to taking on weird and disturbing roles.
Menwill premiere in theaters on May 20th, 2022.
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