After having an affair with the wife of an investment banker, a man receives more than
he bargained for. Soon after, he becomes embroiled in a controversy due to a strange
death and a large life insurance policy. Well, sometimes things that glitter aren’t gold and
this guy found that out the hard way. Welcome To Movie Recall. In Today's video,
we will be going through the 2015 Thriller film : “Careful what you wish for ”.
It's Time To Recall. Let's Get Started.
Turn On Subtitles and Spoilers Ahead! The film begins with a man's voiceover, as
he says that when you are a kid, you do not think about the consequences, and you feel invincible
and that people tell you all these things about repercussions and stuff like that, but there is
one thing about the summer, and that anything can happen, and in this man's case it did.
We see a shot of people enjoying on the beach as Doug comes into a town. He is reading a book and
looks up to see a breathtaking view of the beach. He is driven into town with his parents, and as
they are taking their things down, her mother jokingly asks if he has got enough books there.
Their house is next to a pier where a couple of boats are packed. Doug goes down there and
meets one of his friends, who tells him about the women that have come here and that the situation
is ridiculous and he can easily get laid. The two then walk on the pier and head to a bar, where a
man pulls out the cord for the electronics, which causes the band playing to stop. He
receives a couple of boos, but then he starts to play guitar with the band, which the people enjoy.
Doug's friend then hands him an apron and says that summer has officially commenced.
Doug returns home, he shouts to let everyone know that he is home, but it turns out that nobody is
there. So he goes up to his room and is looking at a couple of pictures when he sees out the window
and sees a new couple has moved in. The wife is beautiful, and he tries to catch sight of her,
but she goes into her house. It's Elliot and Lena. Doug continues looking at Lena,
but she suddenly looks up, which startles Doug, and he turns away from the window.
Later he takes his bike out and manages to catch a sight of Lena as she bends down to
remove the sand from her shoes. Doug then goes to his friend, and they once again start up
a conversation about girls. The two then take a mattress to an old boat shed when they hear
the sound of laughing on the other side of the beach. The two then open their beers as
his friend tells him that he will make sure that he has an amazing summer. When he returns home,
he sees that the neighbors have moved in. Suddenly his father calls him and takes him to meet the new
neighbors. Elliot asks Doug that his father has told him that he knows a lot about boats,
and Elliot invites him to come and take a look at his new boat and that he might even hire him as it
will pay much more than just mowing lawns. The next day Elliot goes to take a look at the
boat, and he sees Lena coming back from a swim; as she goes to take a shower,
he continues to watch her. Lena takes off all her clothes, and Doug is continuously looking
at her when suddenly Elliot comes out and asks him about the boat. Doug tells him that the
damage is mostly cosmetic, and Elliot tells him that he might be going away for a while. The two
then discuss Elliot's pay and agree on $12, but Elliot says that he would have paid him $20.
Later Doug is once again looking through his windows towards the neighbor's house
and sees Lena changing, suddenly Elliot enters the room and tries to force himself
on his wife, which makes Doug look away. The next day, Elliot drives to the waterfront,
where he is stopped by the guard, who tells him that he needs to check his identity. Doug comes to
talk with Elliot and tells him that the guard is a bit strict. Elliot just responds that he likes
it better this way. While the two stand on his boat, Doug asks Elliot how he managed to get all
of these things, and Elliot responds that it all was possible because of money and good looks.
The next day, Elliot once again sees Lena walking by, and he suddenly hears a scream.
He rushes out to see that Lena is standing by the car as if there is a spider in there.
He takes out the spider and kills it. He then fixes the car for Lena but gets somewhat awkward
when she comes near to him. He tells about this interaction with his friend, who says that he
better be careful with the husband as he doesn't look like a guy Doug would want to mess with.
On his way back from his job, Doug runs into Lena, who is sitting on her porch.
She tells him that she has locked herself out of the house and would need his help to get in. She
then asked him to keep this a secret between them as Elliot had asked her to take care of herself.
It suddenly starts raining, and Lena asks him to grab a rock and break the back window and go in
so he can open the door. Doug does so and manages to get in and open the door for her.
She invites him to come in for a drink and hands him a beer. The two-start talking, and she says
that he has got a cut. She starts to clean and seductively tells him that he will live.
Doug then kisses Lena and tells her that he is sorry it was bad, but she doesn't seem fazed
and tells him to try again, but this time to kiss better. The two start making out,
and then Lena starts to strip. Doug helps her take her clothes off, and they end up having sex.
The next day, they wake up in bed together. Lena tells him that he was good last night and asks him
if he had been with a girl before. He jokingly refers to the sex they had as his third time,
and Lena then lies next to him. Doug goes home and even smiles to
himself, thinking about the time he just spent with Lena. He then goes to meet with his friend,
who tells him that he dialed on him last night and plays a voice, not of Doug moaning. He then shows
her a couple of girls to have sex with, but Doug blows him off. Over the next couple of days, Doug
continues to look at Lena and also starts working out for her. He is working on the boat when Lena
once again comes up to him and tells him that her husband sent her to check upon him. They get into
the boat, and Lena asks him to close the cover of the boat and starts flirting with him.
She once again starts taking off her clothes, and they end up kissing once again, which leads
to sex. That night Doug is working at the bar when he sees Lena coming in with her husband.
His friend comes up behind him and points at a couple of girls and tells him that he has a good
feeling about tonight. The next day, Doug is going by on his bicycle when he sees Elliot stopped next
to a store. He stops and goes into the shop to find Lena inside. Both of them then go out the
back door and end up having sex, but Elliot walks into the store looking for Lena. Hearing him come,
they stop, and Lena then kisses Doug and goes back. A while later, Elliot is inspecting the boat
that Doug is fixing and tells him about oversight and then gives him a lecture about why he is
giving him a hard time. He says that Doug reminds him of himself and that he is working hard.
He also says that he is going out of town. Doug takes advantage of this, and he goes to meet
Lena, and they have a picnic on the bed. They have an intimate conversation, and Lena takes
out a phone for him. She tells him that Elliot is a paranoid man and that the phone will help
them talk. Doug rushes to the kitchen, and Lena follows, but they are seen by the gardener.
Sometime later, Doug walks back to the waterfront and sees that Elliot is standing next to his boat.
He apprehensively walks towards the boat and sees that Lena is with them.
He then asks Doug to take the boat out to make sure that it is seaworthy. During the ride,
Elliot is almost hit by a beam, but he manages to duck. Elliot then says that
Doug was trying to give him advice about women and ask him if he has a girlfriend;
Doug responds that he has one. Suddenly the engine of the boat malfunctions, and Elliot goes in to
take a look. Lena takes a moment to tell him that she is considering taking a divorce from Elliot.
He then comes out and asks Doug to fix it. Later that night, he receives a call from Lena,
who is crying and tells him that Elliot assaulted her and that he is gone for a business trip.
Doug drives to the hospital and tells her that she needs to tell the police about this, but
she stops him, and they go home. A while later, he is working when he receives a call from Lena,
who is sunbathing next to the beach. She invites him over, and they end up having
sex in a boat shack. Lena tells him that she feels free with him. Lena then tells him
about her husband's first wife and how they are still embroiled in a court battle.
Doug's friends then inquire about Doug's activities and tell him that he is seeing someone,
but Doug just brushes these comments aside. He then goes home and sees that Elliot is back;
he suddenly receives a call from Lena; he rushes to his room and calls Lena,
who is standing behind him; she tells him to come over immediately as she needs him. Doug
then rushes to her home and discovers that Elliot and Lena got into a fight, and she managed to hit
him on the head with something. It turns out that Elliot is dead, and Lena tries to ask Doug
for help. Lena tells her that she can't get him in trouble and asks him what she should do. Doug then
tells her that they will figure something out, and he says that they have to act normal.
He goes to work at the bar, and when he comes back home, he sees that Lena has come to meet
his parents. They have an awkward interaction, and Doug goes up to his room. Later that night,
he goes to Lena's house, and she apologizes that she can't stay in the house, so she goes over to
his parent's house. Doug says that they could make it look like an accident, but Lena tells him that
the excuse won't work. So, Doug comes up with a new plan, and he takes Elliot's body to his boat
and tells Lena that she will tell the cops that they had a fight and Elliot left the house. Just
as the boat is about to leave, a security guard spots Doug and calls to him as Mr. Harper, but
Doug acts like Elliot and takes the boat away. In the morning, the cops are investigating what
looks like an accident and see cops coming over to Lena's house. He sees Lena talking to the cops.
Doug used a beam on the ship to make another injury on Doug's head and then used alcohol
and a cigarette to set the boat on fire. Doug then continues with his normal routine,
and he is serving a couple of cops who are talking about the incident. Later a woman is
shown driving to the town. She goes to meet the police and tells them that the LA Trust is taking
the case very seriously. Elliot had a sizeable insurance fund, and it is going to Lena now,
so they are investigating for any foul play. The woman continues to investigate what had
happened and asks Lena about everything that happened and if the couple had been sleeping
around . Lena replies that she hasn't had any extramarital affairs and then gets up,
annoyed by the investigator's questions. The cops are also investigating the case,
and the guard from the waterfront tells them that he might have a suspect from that night.
The cops then start talking to Doug's father, and Doug asks the guard about the suspects;
he tells him that he thought he had seen Elliot that night, but it might have been someone else.
The insurance agent from before then goes to the house to take a look at the crime scene.
She discovers the broken glass window that Doug left the night he first met Lena. The police also
ask Doug's friend, and he tells the police that there might be some woman who Doug is seeing.
This makes Doug angry, and he leaves. Later that night, the agent comes to Doug's home,
and questions about the night that Lena visited them. She tells them that they would like to see
Doug; by this time, Doug is panicking, and he tries to call Lena but cuts the call when his
parents return to the car. Doug then answers a couple of questions at the police station,
and the agent asks him about Elliot's relationship with Lena. The agent tries
to push Doug to reveal the details, but his mom intervenes and tells the agent
that she won't allow her to frame her son. Doug receives a message from Lena, who asks him
to meet her in that boat shed. Lena tells her that they have to be apart for a while and then leaves.
When Doug comes home, the investigator is back at his house, and she tells him that she has to take
his fingerprints and a mouth swab. They put Doug into the car, and the agent then starts to grill
him, but Doug doesn't answer these questions. Doug then tells about his situation to his friend
and parents. Meanwhile, the cops find a match for the blood sample that the agent had given to them.
Doug's attempts to prove his innocence are thwarted at every turn, presumably by Lena.
For example, a gardener of the Harpers who had seen Doug and Lena together turns up murdered
before the police can talk to him. But Doug manages to escape on his bike. He goes to the
watershed, where he meets Lena. Just as he reaches the spot, Lena tears her clothes and starts
shouting to let her go; she tries to make it look like attempted rape. The police arrest Doug,
he tells the police that they know him and that he needs to do something to clear his name.
So one police man let him go and he rushes to Lena's motel to get his hands on her cell Phone.
But just as he is looking for the phone, Lena comes out, and the agent comes in.
He tells her that the phone has complete proof of his innocence. The two women then walk out,
and Doug notices that they both have the same matching tattoo. It is there that Doug realizes
that the agent is actually Lena's lover and has been her accomplice since the beginning.
Everything comes flashing back to him as he realizes that he was just a pawn in a bigger game.
At first it seems that Lena will leave Doug to take the rap, however in a last gesture of love
she decides to leave Doug the cell phone, which contains the exonerating evidence he needs.
The women are then shown flying off in a plane after claiming Elliot's insurance fund.
Just as the film ends Doug explains how he was eventually sent to prison, but on reduced
charges for a short period of time. Lena and her lover are still on the run. He contemplates if he
would do it all over again. Thanks for watching.
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