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A severely overlooked crime thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

Published 15:37 25 Jan 2026 GMT

Updated 15:37 25 Jan 2026 GMT

Ava Keady
A severely overlooked crime thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

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It's a real hidden gem.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, January 25) is The Trust, a severely overlooked 2016 crime thriller starring Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage.

It centres around a pair of cops (played by Wood and Cage) who, bored with their jobs and struggling financially, hatch a plan to rob a vault full of drug money.

As often with films like this, however, proceedings do not go according to plan.

Also featuring amongst its cast Ethan Suplee, Jerry Lewis and Sky Ferreira, The Trust was the debut movie from music video directing duo Alex and Benjamin Brewer.

In the years since Benjamin Brewer would go on to co-write the screenplay for the Benicio del Toro-starring crime thriller Reptile. He also directed the acclaimed action horror Arcadian, for which he re-teamed with Cage.

We'd recommend their earlier collaboration, however, as The Trust's stylish filmmaking, dark comedy elements and twisty plot should have received more love upon release.

The Trust is airing on TV on Saturday night/Sunday morning at 1am on the channel Legend.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Sister Act - E4 - 6pm

1992 musical comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Maggie Smith, Bill Nunn and Kathy Najimy.

Red - ITV1 - 10.15pm

A retired CIA agent survives an assassination attempt and realises something in his past has made him a target.

Carlito's Way - Channel 4 - 11.55pm

A former gangster is released from jail and vows to go straight, but his misguided loyalty to a crooked lawyer threatens to drag him back into a life of crime.

Walk Like a Panther - Film4 - 1.40am

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to return to the ring one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

Lawless - Legend - 9pm

Crime drama, starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman and Guy Pearce.

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