How to Make a Killing

This deliciously arch A24 adaptation of Ealing Comedy classic Kind Hearts and Coronets follows man of the moment Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, The Running Man) as he connives to come into a fortune, one ancestral murder after another. His mother disowned from the Redfellow family, Becket (Powell) seeks redress, worming his way into the upper echelons and offing his bloodline.

While there is no Alec Guinness this time, there’s instead a murderer’s row of talent in the upstart’s crosshairs. Ed Harris, Margaret Qualley, Zach Woods and Topher Grace all add comedy and star talent to this ‘eat the rich’ parable that shows that however close the dream of riches stands before us, the system finds a way to yank it away…