Streaming platforms continue to publish new content on a recurring basis, trying to expand their large catalogues. Followers and subscribers of these spaces often express their complaints about the lack of original proposals. There have even been cases of elimination of series and movies that have gone viral. However, they continue to look for new formulas and concepts to try to win viewers.
Often, similes also end up going viral as soon as people spot them. This is the case of the latest Netflix movie that has managed to reach number 1 of the most viewed: Pain Hustlers. Known in Spain as The Business of Pain, it has several prominent names in terms of production and staging. Its director is David Yates, in charge of directing the last four Harry Potter films and the Fantastic Beasts trilogy.
As for the cast, the lead duo is played by Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. Extensive resumes such as those of Catherine O'Hara and Andy García also find a place in this film released on October 27. With a story based on real events, the public has found a simile to one of the most striking titles in Hollywood in the last decade: The Wolf of Wall Street, the adaptation of Jordan Belfort's memoirs starring Leonardo di Caprio.
In this film, Blunt takes the role of Liza Drake, a single mother who did not finish school and who finds herself unemployed in the first few minutes. A complicated situation from which she is rescued by the representative of a pharmaceutical company: Pete Brenner, played by Evans. What seems like a job that can rescue her from it ends up turning into a nightmare, entering fully into a most dangerous criminal plot.
As her manager becomes increasingly erratic, Liza must take matters into her own hands and find a situation quickly. To make matters worse, she must also deal with the health of her daughter. Phoebe, played by Chloe Coleman, will be one of the protagonist's main concerns throughout the film. Likewise, the havoc that pharmaceuticals cause in her environment and the entire world will also be a turning point.
The film is based on an article in The New York Times and its subsequent literary adaptation, The Hard Sell, both written by Evan Hughes, about the fall of the pharmaceutical company Insys. This bankrupt company sold products adulterated with fentanyl, passing them off as pain relievers. Sony Pictures was originally going to be in charge of production, but Netflix ended up acquiring it after making an offer of $50 million.
