The film deserves a bigger audience.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, November 13) is The Trust, a severely overlooked 2016 crime thriller starring Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage.
It centres around a pair of cops (played by Wood and Cage) who, bored with their jobs and struggling financially, hatch a plan to rob a vault full of drug money.
As often with films like this, however, proceedings do not go according to plan.
Also featuring amongst its cast Ethan Suplee, Jerry Lewis and Sky Ferreira, The Trust was the debut movie from music video directing duo Alex and Benjamin Brewer.
In the years since Benjamin Brewer would go on to co-write the screenplay for the Benicio del Toro-starring crime thriller Reptile. He also directed this year’s acclaimed action horror Arcadian, for which he re-teamed with Cage.
We’d recommend their earlier collaboration, however, as The Trust’s stylish filmmaking, dark comedy elements and twisty plot should have received more love upon release.
The Trust is airing on TV tonight at 11pm on the channel Legend Xtra.
If you miss the hidden gem when it’s airing though, it is also available to stream on Plex.
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
Red Rock West – Legend Xtra – 9pm
Nicolas Cage stars again, this time in a ’90s neo-noir thriller where he plays a drifter mistaken for a hitman.
This is actually the actor’s highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98% score.
Mothering Sunday – Film4 – 9pm
In this well-liked British romantic drama, a maidservant (Odessa Young) is surprised when her wealthy neighbor (Josh O’Connor) invites her to spend the day with him.
Taken – Film4 – 11.10pm
Neeson stars again, this time as a man with a particular set of skills.
