Just Play Dead gives its married conspirators incompatible plans for the same death

A staged death and an actual murder compete within the insurance scheme.

Jack Wolfe intends to fake his death in Just Play Dead. His wife, Nora, has a different plan: she wants the death to be real. Their apparent cooperation conceals a conflict over who will survive to control the money. FOXX Media Group’s official sales synopsis and credits.

Jack is a criminal under federal pressure. His scheme involves a $30 million insurance payment and an attempt to frame Chad, Nora’s lover. Nora’s own scheme also puts Chad at risk while aiming to remove Jack permanently. FOXX Media Group’s official sales synopsis and credits.

Samuel L. Jackson plays Jack, with Eva Green as Nora. Martin Campbell directs from a screenplay by Dan Gordon. The cast also includes Eoin Macken, María Pedraza, Jason Fernández, Lee Boardman, and Nicole Ansari-Cox. FOXX Media Group’s official sales synopsis and credits.

The shared objective of obtaining the payout does not make the characters allies. FOXX Media’s synopsis builds the thriller around concealed intentions inside an agreement that each participant understands differently, with the supposed victim arranging traps of his own. FOXX Media Group’s official sales synopsis and credits.