Wild Game (2021)

Clay Wilson and his wife are experiencing financial difficulties, partly due to the cost of her infertility treatments, and are at risk of losing their ranch. To their joy, wife Annie gets pregnant, but this adds to their financial strain, which is expected to increase when the baby arrives. A friend tells Clay about a wealthy movie star, Matthew Daddario, who wants to go on an elk hunt that Clay guides, hoping to make a kill that would be helpful for his image and "credentials" after he films his upcoming movie. Matthew offers $100,000 to entice Cory to set aside the values and ethics his father instilled in him about adhering to hunting regulations and agree to take him elk hunting days before the official hunting season starts (so he will be back in time to start filming the movie). Annie voices her objections, but Cory reluctantly agrees to take Matthew elk hunting earlier than permitted by law because he needs (or wants) the money. The story has potential, but I stopped watching after about 25 minutes when "Gunner" threw a puppy out the window of his moving truck. Obviously, it wasn't a real puppy, but what was shown seemed real. Even suggesting cruelty to an animal was inappropriate, unnecessary, and disturbing. "0" stars from me (but the minimum to submit is "1").

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