Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
moderate injury detail, violence, sex references, threat, strong language
Director(s)Rian Johnson
Production year2025
Release date28/11/2025
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes144m
CastDaniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
moderate injury detail, violence, sex references, threat, strong language
When a seemingly impossible murder rocks the congregation of a small-town church, famed detective Benoit Blanc is once a ...
When a seemingly impossible murder rocks the congregation of a small-town church, famed detective Benoit Blanc is once again enlisted to uncover the truth in this mystery comedy drama.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
theme
moderate injury detail, violence, sex references, threat, strong language
Classified Date:
17/11/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Netflix International B.V.
violence
A woman pins down a young girl and slaps her repeatedly in a brief sequence. There are undetailed stabbings and punches. A man describes killing another in a boxing match.
threat and horror
Sustained sequences of threat include unsettling scenes in which people are endangered by mysterious figures and another in which a person vandalises a church in a seemingly uncontrollable rage.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms, which include 'bitch', 'whore', 'slut', 'pussy', 'dick', 'libtard', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'fricking', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
A comic sequence involves repeated verbal references to masturbation and there are other, milder verbal sex references. A vandalised tomb is shown covered with crude, undetailed graffiti of penises in another comic scene.
discrimination
References are made to the discrimination of minority groups and a man briefly mentions historic homophobic and sexist attitudes within the church.
injury detail
Blood is seen over clothing, weapons and pooling on the floor in the aftermath of violence. There are dead bodies in a medical context and also decomposed human remains.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life, but detail around this act is limited.
theme
A priest counsels a distressed woman after she has an argument with her ill mother, who is suffering from a brain tumour. Characters grieve for others.
alcohol and smoking
Characters drink and smoke. There are undetailed verbal references to addiction.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
08/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
Classified date17/11/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
theme
Director(s)Rian Johnson
Production year2025
Release date28/11/2025
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes144m
CastDaniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close
moderate injury detail, violence, sex references, threat, strong language
Classified Date:
17/11/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Netflix International B.V.
violence
A woman pins down a young girl and slaps her repeatedly in a brief sequence. There are undetailed stabbings and punches. A man describes killing another in a boxing match.
threat and horror
Sustained sequences of threat include unsettling scenes in which people are endangered by mysterious figures and another in which a person vandalises a church in a seemingly uncontrollable rage.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms, which include 'bitch', 'whore', 'slut', 'pussy', 'dick', 'libtard', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'fricking', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
A comic sequence involves repeated verbal references to masturbation and there are other, milder verbal sex references. A vandalised tomb is shown covered with crude, undetailed graffiti of penises in another comic scene.
discrimination
References are made to the discrimination of minority groups and a man briefly mentions historic homophobic and sexist attitudes within the church.
injury detail
Blood is seen over clothing, weapons and pooling on the floor in the aftermath of violence. There are dead bodies in a medical context and also decomposed human remains.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life, but detail around this act is limited.
theme
A priest counsels a distressed woman after she has an argument with her ill mother, who is suffering from a brain tumour. Characters grieve for others.
alcohol and smoking
Characters drink and smoke. There are undetailed verbal references to addiction.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
08/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
Classified date17/11/2025
LanguageEnglish