Story Overview

Misconduct (2016) centers on Ben Cahill (Josh Duhamel), a fiercely ambitious young lawyer working in New Orleans, whose personal and professional lives begin to fracture after his wife Charlotte (Alice Eve) suffers a miscarriage. As emotional distance grows between them, Ben throws himself deeper into his career, achieving rapid success and recognition within his law firm.

His carefully controlled life takes a dangerous turn when he reconnects with his former college girlfriend Emily (Malin Akerman). Now employed by a powerful pharmaceutical corporation and romantically involved with its owner, Charles Denning (Anthony Hopkins), Emily offers Ben confidential documents that could devastate both the company and its ruthless patriarch. Feeling neglected and driven by a desire for revenge, she sees Ben as her means of striking back.

What initially appears to be a career-defining opportunity quickly spirals into a moral and legal nightmare. As Ben pursues the case, he finds himself entangled in a shadowy world of bribery, corruption, and corporate crime. With loyalties tested and ethical boundaries blurred, Misconduct explores the high cost of ambition and the perilous line between justice and self-destruction.

Misconduct is a 2016 American thriller film directed by Shintaro Shimosawa in his directorial debut and written by Simon Boyes and Adam Mason. The film stars Josh Duhamel, Alice Eve, Malin Akerman, Byung-hun Lee, Julia Stiles and Glen Powell, with Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins in supporting roles.