How to Make a Killing continues Glen Powell's run of mid‑budget films

Hollywood multiplexes have tilted heavily toward franchise blockbusters in recent years, leaving fewer mid‑budget films on screens. Those mid‑budget pictures are high risk and high reward, so many studios have stepped back; Glen Powell, however, keeps turning up in the titles that remain, and How to Make a Killing is his latest.

The film is a loose remake of the 1949 British comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Powell plays Becket Redfellow, whose mother was disowned for refusing to terminate a teenage, out‑of‑wedlock pregnancy. Estranged from the wealthy Redfellows but still in line for the inheritance, Becket, after a demotion at work and a reunion with childhood crush Julia, resolves to claim what he believes is his by removing the five relatives ahead of him.

The story is framed as his account to a priest while on death row, and the runtime is a snappy 105 minutes.

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