Retired naturalist and wolf expert Russell Core journeys to the edge of civilization in northern Alaska at the pleading of Medora Slone, a young mother whose son was killed by a pack of wolves. As Core attempts to help Medora track down the wolves who took her son, a strange and dangerous relationship develops between the two lonely souls. But when Medora's husband Vernon returns home from the Iraq War, the news of his child's death ignites a violent chain of events. As local cop, Donald Marium, races to stop Vernon's vengeful rampage, Core is forced on a perilous odyssey into the heart of darkness.
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier, screenplay by Macon Blair, based on the book by William Giraldi.
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård (Vernon Sloane), Riley Keough, James Badge Dale (Donald Marium), Jeffrey Wright (Russell Core), Macon Blair ), Savonna Spracklin (Susan), Jonathan Whitesell (Arnie), Eric Keenleyside (Big Deputy), James Bloor ), Julian Black Antelope (Cheeon), Anabel Kutay (Iraqi Woman), Nicholas Asbury (Doctor), Mark Beswick (Doctor Hecks), Beckam Crawford (Bailey), Ryan Irving (Young Deputy).
