This is a British film that was released as The Hidden Room in the U.S. It is based on a book called A Man About a Dog. The author, Alec Coppel, also wrote the screenplay for the film.
In this movie, a doctor is tired of his wife having affairs. He's decided he's had enough. He tells her he's headed out of town and waits inside the house for her to come home with her new boyfriend. At first, they try to lie about what they've been out doing, but when the gun comes out, eventually the truth does as well.
The wife ends up goes upstairs after being humiliated, leaving her boyfriend and husband alone in the room. Held at gunpoint, the man doesn't have much choice but to be led out of the house and toward his fate.
The doctor feels he's smarter than everyone. He's going to hold on to the man until he knows it's safe to dispose of the boyfriend. In the meantime, he's filling up a tub with a special compound that will disintegrate the body. The boyfriend's going to have to outsmart the doctor, and he might have some help. It'll come in the form of a Scotland Yard superintendent and a dog.
This movie makes me angry. The doctor psychologically torments both the wife and the boyfriend, but I feel like the boyfriend is getting more of it than the wife. I'm not excusing his behavior in having an affair with a married woman, but it was a bit harsh to go so hard after the man. I love the dog, and the last scene of the movie made me smile. Good boy, Monty! Good Movie!
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