What You Wish For

Jan 9, 2025

1h 42m

★ 6.6

Escape. Forever.

Overview

A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Evergreen Avenue

What You Wish For Trailers

Cast

Ryan

Nick Stahl

Imogene

Tamsin Topolski

Detective Ruiz

Randy Vasquez

Alice

Penelope Mitchell

Jack

Brian Groh

Maurice

Juan Carlos Messier

Officer Gallo

Ariel Sierra

Barry

Greg Winter

Driver

Juan Pablo Solano

UK Banker

Laure Stockley

Akira

David Tominaga

Frankie

Norma Nivia

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