Nightalk (2022)

Directed by

Donald Shebib

Genre

thriller, romance, mystery, crime, tv movie

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18A

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police officer goes undercover on a dating app to investigate a murder. She gets drawn into a relationship with the main suspect.

suspensefulcoldinvestigativegrippingunderstatednoir-ishtensesomberintimate

What happens

Nightalk is a 2022 Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Donald Shebib. It stars Ashley Bryant as Brenda, a police officer investigating the murder of a young woman; after learning that the woman was active on an online dating application called Nightalk, she joins the application under cover only to be drawn into a relationship with Tom (Al Mukadam), the primary suspect. The cast also includes Ted Hallett, Art Hindle, Emily Andrews, Rena Polley, Kent Sheridan, Stefano DiMatteo, Martin Doyle, Jim Codrington, William Poulin, Brian Bisson, Jennifer Hui, Eric Fink, Samantha Swan, Lina Yakovlieva, Jen Pogue and Emily Summers. It is Shebib's first film since Down the Road Again in 2011, and his final film due to his death in 2023. Shebib's son, Noah "40" Shebib, is an executive producer. The film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2022. The film was released in North America on May 13, 2023 as a Tubi Original. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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