Benedict Cumberbatch Whistles Through the First 'The Power of the Dog' Trailer
Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming film The Power of the Dog, a clear awards season contender that stars Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch and is written, directed, and produced by Academy Award winner Jane Campion.
Based on the 1967 Thomas Savage novel of the same name, the film follows the story of a pair of rancher brothers in 1920s Montana. Brutal, charismatic Phil Burbank (Cumberbatch) is a cruel, uber-masculine type, who sublimates all his feelings into the land he works and seems to exist in a state of semi-perpetual grime. (We get it, he's a cowboy!) But when his younger brother George (Jesse Plemmons) decides to marry the widow (Kirsten Dunst) who runs a local restaurant and brings her and her awkward, impressionable son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) to live at the family ranch, things take a dark turn.
Phil launches a reckless campaign to torment the newcomers, taunting Rose, mocking Peter, and encouraging his ranch-hand acolytes to do the same. Until he doesn't. But is Phil's decision to take Peter under his wing a sign of his softening towards the young man, or an indication of a more sinister intention?
