Drama,Mystery,Crime
United States of America,Puerto Rico,United Kingdom
"The Last Thing He Wanted" is a 2020 suspense thriller film directed by Dee Rees and based on the novel of the same name by Joan Didion. The film follows the story of a veteran journalist named Elena McMahon, played by Anne Hathaway, who quits her job at a local newspaper and becomes a firearms dealer for a covert government agency, following in her father's footsteps.
Elena travels to various places across the globe, including Central America and Washington, D.C., where she is tasked with delivering weapons to Contras rebels in Nicaragua. However, as she uncovers more information about the agency's covert activities, Elena becomes increasingly disillusioned with her new role as an arms dealer.
The film also features co-stars Willem Dafoe, who plays Elena's father, an infamous arms dealer known as "Dick," and Ben Affleck as a charming diplomat she encounters in Washington, D.C.
As Elena navigates treacherous international politics and dangerous alliances, she soon realizes that she is in over her head and must figure out a way to extricate herself from the high-stakes game of international arms dealing.
Overall, "The Last Thing He Wanted" is a tense and captivating political thriller that explores the complicated web of global politics and the impact of corruption and power on one woman's life.
