Colin Burstead hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious threat from the arrival of his estranged brother David. Festival favorite and multiple award-winning director Ben Wheatley has made his name through his dark humor and twisted plots and settings. In Happy New Year, Colin Burstead he takes on the drama that a family get-together can mean, in a way that only he could.
