EPISODE · Dec 27, 2025 · 53 MIN
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
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Rian Johnson is back on Netflix with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and this starts off as a bit of a mystery in comparison to the prior iterations of this franchise. This star-studded cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Thomas Haden Church, and of course Daniel Craig, to name a few. This mystery centers around a Catholic Church in a small town, where a young, but troubled, upstart priest gets sent there to pay recompense and mature as a man of the cloth. Mystery ensues and our favorite guy Benoit shows up to figure out the killer in this surprisingly introspective whodunnit. Please! Subscribe where we are, especially here on YouTube😊www.theuponfurtherreview.comIG: theuponfurtherreviewFB: The Upon Further ReviewTikTok: theuponfurtherreview#knivesout #rianjohnson0:00 - cold open 0:22 - We love a good mystery 2:45 - Initial impressions 11:20 - Catholicism in media 14:30 - The Characters23:20 - Absolute Power 26:10 - The death(s)28:20 - Grace’s perspective 30:00 - The patriarchy33:50 - Jud’s Guilting/Wicks’ Guiltiness49:30 - Final thoughts/what’s next
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Rian Johnson is back on Netflix with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and this starts off as a bit of a mystery in comparison to the prior iterations of this franchise. This star-studded cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Thomas Haden Church, and of course Daniel Craig, to name a few. This mystery centers around a Catholic Church in a small town, where a young, but troubled, upstart priest gets sent there to pay recompense and mature as a man of the cloth. Mystery ensues and our favorite guy Benoit shows up to figure out the killer in this surprisingly introspective whodunnit. Please! Subscribe where we are, especially here on YouTube😊www.theuponfurtherreview.comIG: theuponfurtherreviewFB: The Upon Further ReviewTikTok: theuponfurtherreview#knivesout #rianjohnson0:00 - cold open 0:22 - We love a good mystery 2:45 - Initial impressions 11:20 - Catholicism in media 14:30 - The Characters23:20 - Absolute Power 26:10 - The death(s)28:20 - Grace’s perspective 30:00 - The patriarchy33:50 - Jud’s Guilting/Wicks’ Guiltiness49:30 - Final thoughts/what’s next
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