Vengeance 2022

Vengeance is a 2022 American black comedy mystery film written and directed by B. J. Novak in his directorial debut. It stars Novak, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, Lio Tipton, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher. Jason Blum is a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner, and Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks are producers under their Divide/Conquer banner. The film follows Ben Manalowitz (Novak), a journalist from New York City who travels to Texas to attend the funeral of a girl (Tipton) he hooked up with and is coerced by her brother (Holbrook) to investigate her death. Vengeance premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2022 by Focus Features. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised Novak's direction and script, and grossed $4.4 million worldwide.