Martin McDonagh’s new movie Wild Horse Nine has released its first trailer, and the film has a star-studded cast including Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey, John Malkovich, and the great Tom Waits. The Banshees of Inisherin director previously worked with Waits (and Rockwell) on another ensemble film with a number in the title, Seven Psychopaths, back in 2012. In this film, Waits plays Malkovich’s brother. Said McDonagh: “As soon as Tom pops up on screen, there’s something iconic and mesmerizing about him.”
According to a plot synopsis, the film is set in Chile in 1973, shortly before the coup that overthrew Salvador Allende. “The film follows CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) as they travel from Santiago to Easter Island on an assignment that puts their trust, history, and loyalties to the test.” The Searchlight synopsis adds that “the pair are dispatched by bureau chief MJ (Steve Buscemi), and that Chris’s growing connection to two rebellious students, played by Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas, threatens to send the whole trip sideways.”
Check out the trailer for Wild Horse Nine below.
