Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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"Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery exceeds expectations by diving into a darker register without losing the layers of humor and captivating mystery that define the franchise.

The howdunnit mechanics become unnecessarily complex before the climax, but given the brilliance of the whydunnit exceptional character work and rich thematic exploration every minute is a valuable experience.The witty banter between Daniel Craig and Josh O'Connor, coupled with the depth of their discussion on what it means to "believe," is one of many proofs in this sequel that a whodunnit doesn't need to be perfect to be a resounding success. Rian Johnson offers a worthy continuat...

Pugilistic priest Fr. Jud (Josh OConnor) has lost his temper with a deacon and been consigned to a remote country parish where his plain-speaking bishop (Jeffrey Wright) hopes he can do less damage. Upon his arrival, though, he realises that this is quite an eccentric little congregation led by the mildly megalomaniacal Monsignor (Josh Brolin) and his ever so slightly menacing factotum Martha (Glenn Close). The new arrival isnt universally welcome, especially when he tries to impose his own more religious approach to parish affairs, and then somewhat out of the blue, the older churchman is mysteriously killed. Of course, Jud is the obvious suspect but the arrival of the Poirot-esque Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to help with the investigation...

Man oh man. Christianity is making a comeback. Lets all listen to holy men say holy things for the whole runtime.

The mystery is stupidly mysterious. The whole thing feels sloppy but I found the slop a little more welcoming than the last one. The false endings ignore a recently explained giant piece of evidence. Like its not a mystery as theres no way to solve and it isnt a mystery when the film is misleading you. But I found it more fun than lots of stuff Ive seen.

Murdoch could out-detective this guy any day of the week.