At this moment, we seem to have a premonition that "Knife Out of the Sheath" will not play cards according to common sense.
The origin of the story of "The Knife Out of the Sheath" is exactly the same as the reasoning films such as "Gosford Manor" and "The Eight Beautiful Pictures". A rich man named Harlan died tragically on his 85th birthday. When his death was ruled as suicide, Braun, a private investigator with a strong southern accent, came to this huge undercurrent of the family-he suspected it was an elaborate murder, and both generations were suspected. Half an hour before the film, we will habitually believe that Braun will be designed as a 21st-century detective Poirot. He will reveal the dark side of the family by looking for clues, maybe he will also integrate into the palace-level reasoning writer Quinn. Some of his "naughty" tricks brought unexpected soul crit to the audience, but the facts were unexpected. The suspenseful effect created by director
in this movie shows a superb skill that perfectly balances truth and illusion. The film maintains the style of old-school inference works, while adding larger and more sophisticated plot rivets to avoid various troubles accumulated in the narrative process-before we guess what is about to happen, members of this family always Constantly blaming each other, the clues are constantly extending, and of course our attention is flying and shifting. The film not only has a single point of contradiction erupting, but multiple points that detonate with the trend, and the massive amount of necessary information weaves a tortuous plot network.
From the perspective of logical construction, "Blade Out of the Sheath" is somewhat similar to the well-known graphic game "Wonderful Quest", but a picture from the TV series "The Female Writer and Murder" in the 1980s suggests that we should be reasoning When writers and real-life murders intersect, the story will inevitably have a richer dimension-the dead Harlan is not a prop, otherwise this role does not need to invite Oscar winner Christopher Plummer to play it. The interesting thing about the script is that it does not output Harlan as a negative image, and the relationship with the female nurse is even moving, but in fact, this patriarch is the source of evil. Everyone in the family seems to be full of the shamelessness and selfishness of the upper class, but you can hardly hate them. From this perspective, Braun's roar at the end is not convincing enough, and the dramatic effect is slightly reluctant.
"The Knife Out of the Sheath" is designed to be an overwhelming dialogue, but it is not a reasoning farce deliberately creating barriers to understanding, but a darker and more compact comedy. The film is full of blackmail, improper business transactions, and drug abuse. It even cleverly satirizes the reality of the current North American society. This contemporary awareness is also one of the reasons why the film's reputation in Hollywood has exploded. There are many works that highlight the anxiety of white identity and the hypocrisy of the elite, but "Knife Out of the Sheath" is different because Marta, the female nurse at the center of the storm, is the offspring of a smuggler. When Harlan’s youngest son Walter warned her that he could use family resources to settle the legal status of his mother’s immigration, Marta, who inherited Harlan’s estate, gave a witty response of "sharp out of the sheath", plain and simple. The absurdity just strengthens the special meaning of the film in the moment.
This is a very wealthy family. Everyone in the Harlan family seems to be both indulgent and tacky. The exquisite carpets and gorgeous everything show that the building is complex inside and out. Including Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans and a large group of acting stars composed of a performance lineup, contributed extremely skilled Acting skills give the film a seemingly impeccable dramatic effect.
However, starting from the character's own character, the actual size of the script is still unable to carry such an overwhelming performance energy. The tug-of-war between family members and the female nurse, Master Harlan’s motives for changing his will, the relationship between the eldest daughter and his father, etc., did not show a more extreme arrangement, making it trueWhen the phase came, the behavior of the family members lacked richness, wasting the spectacular foreshadowing.
Detective mystery novels are still popular in bookstores and libraries around the world, but Hollywood shuns them. "Knife Out of the Sheath" has largely completed a challenge- is a creative reinvention of a film genre that has long been outdated and actually feels cool, . The most interesting part of the film is the freshness it brings to people. The creative technique almost eliminates the barrier between art and entertainment.
Ryan Johnson’s last movie, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", was badly criticized, but he still knows how to please the audience with his affectionate attention to details, so he came up with "Blade Out" , One of the highest quality Hollywood movies this year.
