Knives Out (2019) - Review
Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock seem to be the main influences behind Rian Johnson 's "whodunnit" Knives Out , starring Daniel Craig as an eccentric private detective Benoit Blanc - Johnson's American version of Hercule Poirot. Complete with a southern accent, Craig investigates the death of acclaimed crime novelist Harlan Thrombey ( Christopher Plummer ), narrowing down the suspects across his entire family of wealthy caricatures. Rian Johnson shot to fame as the writer/director behind the controversial Star Wars: The Last Jedi , which was attacked on everything from its characterisation to its political subtext, the latter of which plays a key role in Knives Out as Johnson's screenplay tears into the wealthy upper-class of the United States with an expected savagery. The characters range from the Nazi/online troll grandson ( Jaeden Martell ) to the slightly unhinged, limping son as played by Michael Shannon (whose walking stick becomes particularly t