Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Review – Rian Johnson’s Sharp Franchise Has Lost Some Of Its Edge With Latest Mystery
The Knives Out franchise has certainly grown over the last three films. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysterytakes its inspiration from G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries. It’s a bit darker than the first two movies — Knives Out and Glass Onion — but even as its focus turns towards religion and the perspectives of two very different priests, Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin) and Father Jud (Josh O’Connor), the film still centers on the theme of greed, with discussions of faith woven in.
