Most people don’t think of Julia Roberts as the kind of actress you’d see in a gritty revenge thriller. That may change after SECRET IN THEIR EYES opens in a few weeks. The film is actually a remake of the Argentina version from 2009, which won an Academy Award. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman round out the impressive leading trio about a mother’s revenge for the death of her daughter. There’s been an interesting amount of hate from fans of the original, I’m guessing because they feel an American remake can’t possibly be as good. We’ll find out on November 20. Check out the short final trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games), and produced by Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson (Rain Man, “Breaking Bad”), Secret In Their Eyes is an intense, powerful, haunting thriller starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Academy Award® winners Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts.
A tight-knit team of rising investigators – Ray (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess (Julia Roberts), along with their supervisor Claire (Nicole Kidman) – is suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered.
Now, thirteen years later, after obsessively searching every day for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can permanently resolve the case, nail the vicious murderer, and bring long-desired closure to his team. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul.