Seeing somewhat of a resurgence lately on the indie circuit with The Neon Demon and The Bad Batch, as well on the action side with John Wick, Keanu Reeves also found time for a courtroom drama. The Whole Truth, which we actually got a glimpse at earlier this year thanks to a spring release in Japan, will hit U.S. theaters next month and a new trailer has landed.
Frozen River director Courtney Hunt is following her acclaimed 2008 feature with this project, which sees Reeves portray a lawyer defending a man who killed his father — himself the lawyer’s former client. While this looks more conventional than her last film, hopefully Hunt continues to conjure a strong dramatic pull with Keeves in the lead.
Also starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw Renée Zellweger, Gabriel Basso, Jim Belushi, Kenneth Choi, Sean Bridgers, and Erica McDermott, check out the trailer below.
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves) takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter (Renée Zellweger), that he will keep her son Mike (Gabriel Basso) out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter (Jim Belushi) really was comes to light. While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, his new colleague Janelle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) tries to dig deeper – and begins to realize that the whole truth is something she alone can uncover.
The Whole Truth will open on October 21 in theaters and on VOD.