Knives Out

In May 2022, I watched Knives Out for the first time on the television set. The suspense film was released in 2019. Ana de Armas starred in it with Daniel Craig who acted a master detective.

I started to watch it thinking that the mystery would become clear toward the ending, like the films Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile based on the novels with the same titles written by Agatha Christie, however, it gradually does clear from the middle, moreover, the film is kind of comic overall.

The story is like this. The death of an aged famous novelist causes an ugly conflict among his family over his legacy and involves his nurse in it.

Seeing the bereaved family become heated to succeed his inheritance, I remembered the Japanese flick The Inugami Curse based on the book with the same name written by Seishi Yokomizo and I felt that people universally get ugly once they have a chance to obtain a lot of money, though they cannot help it because they get the money only if they win conflicts with others.  

Ana de Armas gave a good performance as the writer's nurse who gets involved in the dirty fight. I smiled scornfully at her habit of vomiting whenever she lies and I honestly thought that the role is more suitable for the Japanese actor Kasumi Arimura if she is fluent in English, however, Armas with a baby face appearing in most of it looked to be cute and charming. I first saw her in Blade Runner 2049. She acted a holographic AI and attracted me more than the lead, Ryan Gosling. Then she was lovely, bewitching and brilliant as a CIA agent in the latest James Bond movie, No Time To Die.

Daniel Craig acted as a crack detective who watches over the ugly dispute about the succession. His kind of comical performance and unique aura fascinated me, though, frankly, I had a feeling of strangeness a little about him because the image of him as James Bond was still strong.

I might be able to enjoy watching it many times and feel about it differently each time, for many famous actors appear in it. The sequel is planned to make. I hope that I will get used to Daniel Craig not as James Bond when it is released.