How to Make a Killing — Review

As “eat the rich” movies have surged in popularity in recent years, it was only a matter of time before Robert Hamer’s 1949 black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets was reimagined for a new generation. It’s fitting that the remake, How to Make a Killing, was directed by John Patton Ford, since his previous film, Emily the Criminal (2022), also follows a protagonist who turns to crime out of financial desperation. However, the nature of the crimes differs significantly. Between How to Make a Killing and last year’s The Running Man, Glen Powell proves he’s the perfect star to put at the helm of these anti-capitalist vehicles, because much like in that film, his charm does a lot of the heavy lifting here. How to Make a Killing is a scrappy, modernized retelling of Kind Hearts and Coronets that coasts on Powell’s charisma.