Sharply crafted and featuring killer cast
Starring: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette.
Staying sharp right down to the final cut
IN the striking form of Knives Out, you will be privy to a cracking murder mystery rife with loose ends, dead ends and one heck of an unseemly end.
That comes at the start of this dynamically entertaining affair, when celebrated author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) — famous for his murder mysteries, not uncoincidentally — is found deceased in his study, seemingly by his own hand.
No one has the inside track on what may have happened save for the late scribe’s nurse, Marta, (Ana de Armas), and she can barely make herself heard above the ruckus of Thrombey’s not-so-grieving family.
The local constabulary show up at Thrombey’s rambling, knick-knack-cluttered mansion that looks as if it was kitted out by architects who read too much Agatha Christie — and proceed to open and shut what should be a standard case of suicide.
In the interests of remaining relatively spoiler-free, the initial nor the later findings of the police will be revealed here.
But what you should know upfront is that whatever theory you come up with during Knives Out, there is a 110 percent chance it will be wrong.
Writer-director Rian Johnson (taking a breather from his regular Star Wars duties) has crafted a deviously twisty and turny head-scratcher of a deathly conundrum for viewers to pour over, so much so that many amateur investigators will gladly watch the movie all over again in search of clues that may have missed the first time around.
On the performance front, the Knives Out show is comprehensively stolen by a wired, inspired and kookily amusing Daniel Craig.
Don’t believe a word anyone says in Knives Out whatever you do, but be assured a very good time awaits you here.
A superb support ensemble includes Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette and Don Johnson.