Film Preview: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

Film Poster

Page Revisions:

(June 8, 2025) Original
(September 14, 2025) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#1)
(November 23, 2025) New Trailer (#3)

Release Date:

December 12, 2025

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “TEMPORARY Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. Sequel to ‘Glass Onion (2022)’.”

Poster Rating: B-

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Review: (#1, B-) It’s an interesting concept but the actors are so small that it’s difficult to identify them and that means it wants to sell on the small title refrence to Knives Out and the presence of Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc.

Trailer Rating: C / C / B-

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Review: (#1, C) While a murder mystery has to keep its secrets, keeping even the not-secret things from the audience is dangerous. This trailer tells the viewer almost nothing much about the film, not its setting or its characters, just a vague “hey, this guy is back” feeling and the result is something utterly uninspired.

(#2, C) A disjointed trailer that puts forward the mystery and a few fireworks but nothing of particular interest to viewers other than the cast, a recitation of which is interrupted by an oddly-placed Jeremy Renner dialogue. It is just tackily edited.

(#3, B-) For those who already think the Benoit Blanc films are the height of murder mystery, the various plaudits displayed on the screen aren’t going to sell them. They also aren’t going to sell any mystery lovers who find the prior films tepid and uninspired. Ultimately, the test of this trailer is if it entices new viewers? That’s unlikely because it isn’t the first film in the series. it could encourage some to check out the others before watching this one but it seems destined to have limited interest.