‘The East’ Trailer #2: Brit Marling Fights, Falls For Eco-Terrorists
By Angie Han/April 25, 2013 12:30 pm EST
Marling plays a private intelligence operative who’s tasked with infiltrating The East, an underground eco-terrorist group that’s been wreaking havoc on the lives of her powerful clientele. Once she’s in, however, she begins to fall for its leader (Alexander Skarsgard) and finds herself rethinking her own priorities. Watch the video after the jump.
The first trailer focused mostly on the shadowy collective that gives the film its name. This one reveals a bit more of the plot, as Marling’s Sarah prepares to go undercover and then finds herself caught up in ways she didn’t expect. Marling’s lead performance looks like a good one, and I’m also very curious to see how Ellen Page fares in a role that’s a far cry from her usual wisecracking characters.
Word from Sundance is that The East more conventional than The Sound of My Voice, or most Sundance films for that matter, but it looks like an exciting, well-crafted thriller with a lot on its mind. The East has received strong reviews so far, including from our own Peter Sciretta. He was particularly taken with the screenplay by Marling and Batmanglij:
The East opens May 31.
This movie looks fantastic, but the screenplay by Brit and Zal is what impressed me the most. Almost every scene involves a twist which furthers the plot into a new direction. Exposition and set-up is accomplished cleverly with visuals, when other movies would have done so in dialogue. The tension builds to a point where you’ll be holding your breath on the edge of your seat.
