After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a £50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
After his family is brutally murdered at the hands of the deranged Van Der Koy family, Boy (Bill Skarsgård) is left orphaned, deaf, and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, taken from his favourite childhood video game, Boy escapes to the jungle where he encounters a mysterious shaman (The Raid’s Yayan Ruhian) who trains him to become an instrument of death. Set loose during the annual culling of enemies of the Van Der Koy family, Boy unleashes carnage, delirious violence and martial arts mayhem on his road to retribution.
From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist – West Side Story), Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor – The Crown) – his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.