KNIVES OUT

        Knives Out is a multiple genre movie where it contains thriller, mystery, comedy, crime and many more. This American movie was written and directed by Rian Johnson which the movie is about a dysfunctional family where the siblings don’t want anything except for their father’s property.  This movie have confusing plots where it could make their viewers made their own interpretations about each character.

        This movie is about an old man name Harlen Thrombey, a successful mysterious writer was found dead by his housekeeper in his room while his hand still holding a knife which makes it look like he killed himself. But the question is why would he killed himself when he has lots of fame and fortune? It happened at midnight when his caretaker Marta Cabrera who played by Ana De Armas, accidentally injected the wrong drugs with high dosage into him and she couldn’t find the antidote. It was planned by others to frame her but fortunately with the help of Harlen Thrombey, he created a false alibi to save Marta’s family especially her mother who is undocumented immigrant.

         A couple of cops, Lieutenant Elliott and Trooper Wagner came to Thrombey’s estate to investigate deeper into this case. This case will be completely unsolved without the help of a private investigator name Benoit Blanc, who was hired anonymously with an envelope full of cash and the news about the “suicide”.  Almost all of them are potentially the killer because they all hold grudge onto the old man, Harlen Thrombey. He did such an amazing job putting in hidden details that most likely foreshadow later events. For an example, Harlen Thrombey has a secret way to communicate with his daughter through a piece of paper and Benoit Blanc manage to discover.

         I could say that the most outstanding feature is their filming site. This movie was filmed at a mansion called “The Ames Mansion in Bordeland State Park”, which makes the movie have more mysterious vibe.

         I never thought of how interesting this movie is going to be before I watch it. If I have to give a rating of it, I would give it a solid 8/10 since I really love the genre thriller. Anyhow it could be a bit bored to anyone who don’t like a movie that has really slow start. Once you watch this movie, you will become like a detective yourself, not only you will be searching of the details of what happened that night, but how the social message has embedded in all of it.