Film Review – Knox Goes Away

It’s been 16 years since Michael Keaton last directed a film (“The Merry Gentlemen”), returning to duty for “Knox Goes Away.” The screenplay by Gregory Poirier (“Tomcats,” “A Sound of Thunder”) examines the experience of an older man succumbing to dementia, dealing with the demands of his job as a hitman and his relationships with the few people he’s remained intimate with. It’s a complex situation of introspection, with Poirier aiming to bend and twist the tale along the way, as elements of police work and family ties complicate the eponymous character’s always confusing life. Keaton also takes on the main role, offering understated but cooly involving work to help the picture achieve some sense of suspense and silent horror. “Knox Goes Away” isn’t a riveting study of decline, often quite deliberately slow, but the acting is capable, carrying the weirder elements of Poirier’s writing. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com