The Dependants

Feature Film. Genre: Dark Comedy / Crime Thriller

When three adult siblings hire two inept mercenaries to interrogate the man they blame for their mother’s disappearance – their stepfather – their desperate plan violently unravels.

When their mother goes missing, three adult siblings, Jacki, a nurse in an aged-care home, Elliot, a morning television executive, and Nic, a personal trainer, become convinced their stepfather John is responsible. Determined to get justice before he skips the country - taking their entire inheritance with him - they hire two sadistic mercenaries to carry out an ‘enhanced interrogation’. But over the course of one night, their plan spirals out of control as hidden motives and long-buried secrets begin to surface. And what starts as a desperate act of revenge soon unravels into a darkly comic nightmare.

Script available upon request