‘Knives Out – Murder is a family matter’ kicked off the cinema year 2020 – and how! The extremely entertaining whodunit film revived a long-dead film genre and was able to inspire and attract a large audience thanks to an original story, strange characters and a truly brilliant cast – and especially a wonderfully idiosyncratic Daniel Craig. Unfortunately, this was one of the few box office hits of 2020, as the spreading corona pandemic made this year a real nightmare for cinephiles and people working in the film industry.
If you missed the exciting criminal case with a top cast in the cinema or are simply in the mood for a clever whodunit film again, you can watch “Knives Out – Murder is a Family Matter” starting today, January, with an Amazon Prime streaming subscription. 11, 2024 Search video. However, you will not find the slightly weaker but still extremely successful successor ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ on the streaming giant. This is a Netflix exclusive title and is therefore only included in the red “N” subscription.
“Knives Out” was a risk for Daniel Craig – a risk that fully paid off
The biggest strength of ‘Knives Out’ is undoubtedly its well-known cast, which is at its best under the leadership of ‘Star Wars 8’ director Rian Johnson: Captain America actor Chris Evans, ‘Halloween’ icon Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon (“The Shelter”), Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), Don Johnson (“Miami Vice”), Toni Colette (“Hereditary”) and Hollywood veteran Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”) portray the handle in his hand.
This gigantic star ensemble is held together by a truly fantastic Daniel Craig, who with his idiosyncratic but fundamentally sympathetic researcher Benoit Blanc has created a new research icon on the spot – which we will hopefully see much more of in the future. Craig, who was previously known to a wide audience for years as a cold MI6 agent, plays against his own image here and proves that he is more than ‘just’ James Bond.
Despite his excellent reputation as a private detective, Benoit Blanc does not always have the situation under control. On the contrary, the wonderfully eccentric detective seemingly accidentally stumbles upon clues or encounters unforeseen moments that advance him and his case, and is sometimes as stupid as the audience. In the grand finale, he can prove that the sniffer is on to something when he brings all the threads together and stops the culprit. In short, “Knives Out” is truly an entertaining delight that not only hardcore fans of the genre will enjoy.