Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2022 thriller movie called:
A Thousand Little Cuts. Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
As our movie begins, Anne is running - across a bridge and past the shops. Upon reaching her home,
she is attacked. Someone asks her if she will be ok.
Before the attack, Anne works as a copy editor and informs Sean that his copy
has to be amended for a product, as it is illegal to advertise it that way.
In a later meeting, they are informed that one of their products has been pulled
as a woman went into a coma. However, there’s nothing to worry about as they have an identical
product ready to replace it. They also have a brand new product that is about to launch
called Pro-Lig that they think will be huge. Anne asks her boss Mr McKay if he had read
her email about upping her responsibilities. He asks to speak with her later. However he leaves
early and their meeting is canceled. Back in her office, she continues her
job before messaging her friend Kiara to arrange a wine date.
They meet soon after and Kiara is surprised to find that she has many
unpaid parking fines in her car. They talk about Anne’s boyfriend
Greg - Kiara thinks he’s a loser and they open the front door to find him with another woman.
Anne is in hospital talking with a therapist named Monica
about the events leading up to Greg leaving. Monica tells her that she is clarifying
a few events leading up to her injury. Anne says that she only has a sprained ankle.
She only came in with a simple injury - why has she been referred to a shrink?
Monica continues to ask about how she responded to Greg’s leaving.
Anne says that she just got on with her life. Anne has an idea for how to launch Pro-Lig
using Facebook but Mr McKay is not sure about what she says.
Nevertheless he gives Anne the go-ahead to do the research.
Whilst out running, Anne receives a message. As she reads it, a guy named Rick says hello
but she ignores him and continues to run. Anne tries Tinder dating but is frustrated
by the messages she receives. Even when she meets men, they seem a little weird.
On one date, a guy tries to slip some powder into her drink
but the bartender notices and kicks him out. She goes on a movie date with a guy named Tom
but they seem to enjoy each other's company rather than watching the film.
After the date, she encounters Rick again who asks if she would like to run together.
She blows him off. On her second date with Tom,
they try to watch the same movie on Netflix but the date ends in a more exciting way.
She is telling all this to the therapist when they are interrupted by Detective Mike Olsen
who is working on Anne’s case. He wants to confirm some more details but Monica tells him that Anne
is having trouble “absorbing” what happened and she needs more time.
Monica returns to Anne and asks about the bruise on her head. Anne seems surprised to learn that
she has a bruise but then tells Monica that she banged her head on the mirror in the bathroom.
Anne suddenly asks what this all has to do with her sprained ankle - that’s the
reason she came into the hospital. Monica tells her that she remembers
having a conversation with Anne when she arrived but there was nothing about a sprained ankle.
As Anne looks under the blanket, she notices that her knee is bandaged.
She checks her file and learns that she has a broken fibula.
Monica informs her that it isn’t unusual to experience memory loss
when you get a severe injury. Anne puts her confusion down to the painkillers
but then Monica continues to ask her about dating again.
At work, Anne makes plans to introduce Tom to her friends.
Kiara interrogates him and seems to like him. Tom reveals that he had an injury growing up
and Anne jokingly suggests that he may need Pro-Lig. Tom does seem interested
but Anne tells the group that it probably doesn’t really work, but it’s unlikely to make it worse.
The relationship continues but Monica says that the thrill of a new relationship doesn’t last
forever. Anne agrees and Monica asks when the shine started to fade.
In bed, we see Anne start to get frustrated with Tom
when he interrupts her playing a mobile game. He tells her that she should get a new phone as hers
is all smashed up. She tells him that she can’t afford it but he tells her that he’ll pay for it.
At a staff meeting, Mr McKay reports that the buzz for Pro-Lig is huge. Anne tries to
present her ideas to an unenthusiastic group. She misunderstood that when she was asked to
research the marketing strategy for Pro-Lig that she was going to have the opportunity to write
the copy herself. She is disappointed when the task is handed over to Sean.
In the hospital, Monica says that it must have been unpleasant. Anne says
that she thought that they were finally getting somewhere. Monica asks who she meant by “we”
but Anne quickly corrects herself to “I”. Monica asks if she feels trapped right now as her
career advancement hasn’t happened and she now has this boyfriend that is generous with his money.
Anne disputes this statement as she really likes Tom and she has
quit jobs in the past that she didn’t like. Anne says that she always lands on her feet and
Monica questions this statement as Anne remembers her injured knee. She asks to change the subject.
Monica agrees to come back tomorrow. Monica meets with Mike in the canteen
who asks to talk to Anne but Monica overrides this. Mike is frustrated that this is taking
so long but Monica reminds him that Anne doesn’t even realize yet that a crime has taken place.
The next day, Monica meets Anne and asks her to identify the smell from some sprays.
One of the sprays is a perfume that Anne wears for special occasions.
Anne starts to become uncomfortable and tells Monica that she was trying
not to screw things up with Tom. She remembers being at a bar with him
when he was approached by an ex-girlfriend named Sarah. Sarah explains that she is now engaged
but as she leaves she gives Anne a look. Back at home Tom tries to initiate some fun
times but Anne feels pressured and stops things - explaining that she feels he is being rough as he
is angry about running into his ex-girlfriend. Tom pushes past her and storms off to bed.
Monica tries to tell Anne that it was abuse and although Anne initially dismisses it
she goes on to say that the abuse got worse. They get into an argument over work and he
slaps her. Tom immediately apologizes and they sit down to watch a movie together.
The following morning, Anne is still stunned by the previous night's event
and wants to talk. Tom says that nothing like that has ever happened before but he doesn’t
deal with stress well. He promises to try harder. Monica finds it strange how it became all about
him but Anne says that she was provoking him for a response. Monica tells her that it is apparently
abuse and asks how much worse it became. Anne explains that she ended the relationship
a few weeks later but that’s when everything went to hell.
At a work meeting, Anne is behaving very pessimistically and Mr McKay calls her out.
She gets angry and the result is that she is sent to HR and given two weeks
paid leave in order to sort herself out. Monica assures Anne that Tom made her life worse
and she did the right thing by breaking up with him. Anne realizes that Monica hasn’t
told her why she is there but Monica replies that she is waiting for Anne to remember.
In the canteen, Mike tries to hurry Monica up and she agrees to let him speak with Anne.
Tom shows Anne pictures of some men and asks if she recognizes any of them. He shows a picture
of Rick and they ask questions about him. Anne remembers Rick chasing her while out
running and she fell down. Mike states that Rick attacked her and then Anne says that he burst
into her house and kicked her in the leg. Anne panics and Monica tells Mike to get out
while she calms her down. Monica follows Mike and tells him
that he is planting false memories in her mind as they know that this is not how she hurt her
leg. They argue and Monica returns to Anne who is angry that she wasn’t told about the attack.
The next day, Monica finds Anne sitting outside. They discuss truthfulness and Monica tells Anne
that the biggest lie she tells herself is that she doesn’t deserve to be happy.
Anne questions if she should have stopped and spoken to Rick
but Monica assures her that she didn’t have to. Anne drinks and runs more often after a break up.
Monica presses Anne to tell her what happened to her leg. Anne remembers that Rick entered
with a gun and Tom was there as well. During the struggle, Anne was shot in the leg.
As Anne starts to remember what happened, she falls to the floor crying.
She remembers that she had invited Tom over and he started to get rough with her.
He pushed her against the door giving her the bruise on her head.
She yells at him and Rick bursts through the door with a gun in his hand.
Tom is shot and Anne manages to turn the gun on Rick and shoots him.
Anne asks what happens now and Monica tells her that she gets better.
Anne speaks with Mike - she tells him that she called 911 and that is the last thing
she remembers. Both men died that night. A nurse walks in with Anne’s possessions.
She looks at her phone and reads some messages from Kiara.
Suddenly, in walks Sarah who admits that Tom hit her as well. She feels guilty for not
warning Anne and asks if she is going to be ok. Kiara drives Anne home but as they enter the house
Anne starts to have flashbacks about the attack. At a support group, Anne meets other victims
but is reluctant to share her story. She goes to visit Monica and tells her
that everything she told her was the truth. She relates her copy editing job to the situation
and says that she makes clever little edits to conceal the truth.
She now remembers that when Rick burst in, Tom was only injured. After she
shot Rick she then deliberately shot Tom. Mike enters the room and asks Anne if she
is there to give more evidence. However, Monica covers for Anne and as she turns to leave, Monica
tells her that she is going to be alright. Like and Subscribe for more videos like this and
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