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Knives Out, Rian Johnson's follow up to The Last Jedi, was a universal home run with critics, and a hit with audiences alike. Because it's f.cking rad. Knives Out is just a really well told movie. For 2 hr., 10 min., this is finely paced and edited. Johnson really knows how to steer the story, especially the beginning and introduction to the facts of the case. The knives are out The opponents of someone or something are now seeking every opportunity to criticize, call for the termination of, or impede someone or something. The knives are out for the senator after his recent remarks, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was forced to resign.

All the Old Knives is an upcoming thriller film directed by Janus Metz. It is based on the novel of the same name by Olen Steinhauer.

Premise[edit]

Ex-lovers and spies Henry and Celia meet over dinner to reminisce on their time together at Vienna station. The conversation moves to the disastrous hijacking of Royal Jordanian Flight 127, which ended in the deaths of all on board. That failure haunts the CIA to this day, and Henry seeks to close the book on that seedy chapter. Over a sumptuous dinner, it becomes clear that one of them is not going to survive the meal.

All Knives Out Ending

Cast[edit]

All The Knives Out Cast

• Chris Pine as Henry Pelham
• Thandiwe Newton as Celia Harrison
• David Bedella as Drew Favreau

Production[edit]

The film was announced in May 2017, with Chris Pine and Michelle Williams in negotiations to star. James Marsh was set to direct, with The Mark Gordon Company and Entertainment One financing.^[1]

In September 2020, with Williams, Marsh and The Mark Gordon Company no longer involved in the film, Thandiwe Newton was cast to replace Williams and Januz Metz was hired to fill the director position.^[2] In November 2020, Jonathan Pryce and Laurence Fishburne joined the cast in the film.^[3]

Metz revealed filming had begun by December 2020 in London.^[4] Filming wrapped in London in February, and will move to California in March.^[5] Director Janus Metz revealed that Principal filming wrapped in Mid March.^[6]

References[edit]

1. ^Chris Pine and Michelle Williams to Star in ‘All the Old Knives’ (EXCLUSIVE)
2. ^Amazon Studios Lands Rights To Thriller ‘All The Old Knives’ Starring Chris Pine And Thandie Newton; ‘ZeroZeroZero’s Janus Metz Signs On To Direct
3. ^Jonathan Pryce, Laurence Fishburne Join Chris Pine in Amazon’s ‘All the Old Knives’ (EXCLUSIVE)
4. ^Januz Metz on Facebook: I feel so incredibly honored and privileged to announce that the legendary Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce have joined our brilliant cast for 'All the Old Knives'. We start shooting in less than two weeks and I can't wait to see what these amazing actors will bring to the screen as 'masterspies' in our thrilling maze of a story. I am still pinching my arm that I'll be directing actors that were in movies like 'Apocolypse Now'. 'The Matrix' and 'Brazil'. We are set for some exciting and intense days here in London
5. ^Amazon film crew to be in Monterey and Carmel in March
6. ^https://www.facebook.com/janus.metz/posts/10158869274566226

External links[edit]

• All the Old Knives at IMDb

All Knives Out Movie

Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is a wildly successful mystery writer and he’s dead. His housekeeper Fran (Edi Patterson) finds him with a slit throat and the knife still in his hand. It looks like suicide, but there are some questions. After all, who really slits their own throat? A couple of cops (the wonderful pair of LaKeith Stanfield and Noah Segan) come to the Thrombey estate do a small investigation, just to make sure they’re not missing anything, and the film opens with their conversations with each of the Thrombey family members. Daughter Linda (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a successful businesswoman with a shit husband named Richard (Don Johnson) and an awful son named Ransom (Chris Evans). Son Walt (Michael Shannon) runs the publishing side, but he’s been fighting a lot with dear old dad. Daughter-in-law Joni (Toni Collette) is deep into self-help but has been helping herself by ripping off the old man. Finally, there’s Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), the real heroine of “Knives Out” and Harlan’s most trusted confidante. Can she help solve the case?

The case may have just been closed if not for the arrival of the famous detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who spins a southern drawl and oversized ego into something instantly memorable. Blanc was delivered a news story about the suicide and envelope of money. So someone thinks this is fishy. Why? And who? The question of who brought in Blanc drives the narrative as much as who killed Harlan. Johnson is constantly presenting viewers with the familiar, especially fans of the mystery movie—the single palatial setting, the family of monsters, the exaggerated detective—but then he subverts them every so slightly, and it feels fresh. So while Blanc feels like a Poirot riff, Johnson and Craig avoid turning it into a caricature of something we’ve seen before.

Craig is delightful—I love the excitement in his voice when he figures things out late in the film—but some of the cast gets lost. It’s inevitable with one this big, but if you’re going to “Knives Out” for a specific actor or actress, be aware that it’s a large ensemble piece and your fave may get short shrift. Unless your favorite is Ana de Armas, who is really the heart of the movie, allowing Johnson to imbue “Knives Out” with some wonderful political commentary. The Thrombeys claim to love Marta, even if they can’t remember which South American country she comes from, and Don Johnson gets a few razor sharp scenes as the kind of guy who rants about immigration before quoting “Hamilton.” It’s not embedded in the entire piece as much as “Get Out,” but this “Out” is similar in the way it uses genre structure to say something about wealth and social inequality. And in terms of performance, the often-promising de Armas has never been handed a role this big, and she totally delivers.