The third Knives Out film finds a young priest (Josh O'Connor) punching out a fellow cleric and sent sent to the rural Church Of Our Lady Of Perpetual Fortitude to assist the charismatic and manipulative Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin). The mystery of a missing inheritance and a quirky and diverse cauldron of small town characters (all with their own issues) making up Wicks's devoted congregation lead to a significant - and seemingly impossible - murder taking place during a Good Friday service, and the young priest teams up with the redoubtable detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) in order to crack the case. The film is very well-written, with sparkling and frequently hilarious dialogue that is extremely enjoyable and a number of perplexing puzzles, delivered by a fantastic cast including a magnetically composed Josh O'Connor, a wry and barely-contained Josh Brolin a perfect character performance from Glenn Close, with sterlin support from Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis and Kerry Washington, all topped off by another winningly unique and accomplished turn from Daniel Craig. The film luxuriates in its extended Blanc-less first-act set-up which introduces both story and characters extremely well and from which the film benefits greatly, and the rest of the film follows through to great effect. Wake Up Dead Man is perhaps the most accomplished and pure (in terms of the classic crime mystery genre) of the three films so far, utterly watchable , cleverly constructed, engrossing and hugely entertaining.
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