“No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins,” Jesus tells his disciples, according to Mark 2:22. That teaching of Jesus doesn’t make its way into Wake Up Dead Man , the latest of director Rian Johnson ‘s Knives Out mysteries starring Daniel Craig as Southern-fried detective Benoit Blanc. Several other teachings do appear in the movie, which brings Blanc to Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude after the murder of its domineering priest Monsignor Wicks. In other words, poor Blanc must deal with all manner of church folk.

Despite its absence, Jesus’ teaching from Mark 2 might be the most relevant to Wake Up Dead Man . Because for his third outing in cinematic

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