Painkiller Trailer - Plot Synopsis: PAINKILLER, a fictionalized telling of real events, explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin.
Based on the book PAIN KILLER by Barry Meier and the New Yorker Magazine article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Directed by Peter Berg starring Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, West Duchovny, Sam Anderson, Tyler Ritter, John Rothman release date August 10, 2023 (on Netflix)