At this point in his career, it’s easy to think you know what you’ll get from a Wes Anderson picture. The grand cinematography. Opulent costumes. Quotable dialogue. A cavalcade of award-winning actors. And yet, his last few efforts have seen him playing with the likes of anthologies (The French Dispatch), a series of shorts on Netflix adapting Roald Dahl stories, and even getting a bit meta (Asteroid City). The Phoenician Scheme continues this trend with a soul-searching tale of a wealthy man who starts to question his legacy while chasing (even more) untold riches.

Oh, and it features a person getting blown in half in the first five minutes, just in case the introspection doesn’t hook you.

Set in 1950, the film follows the incredible life of Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro). He’s a ruth

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