How to Make a Killing

Disowned at birth by an obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow decides the inheritance is his and that the people between him and it are logistics. The tagline does the arithmetic with admirable cruelty — twenty-eight billion dollars, seven relatives standing in the way — and the title makes no secret of which direction the comedy runs. Everything here points to a black farce about class resentment, entitlement and the moral gymnastics money makes possible.

This is built for viewers who enjoy inheritance comedies with a genuine mean streak, where the laughs come from watching a scheme wobble and the plotting stays a step ahead of you. At a hundred and five minutes it has space to work through its cast of obstacles, so expect an escalating structure rather than a single trick. A confident pick if you like your satire sharp, your protagonists compromised, and your rich people richly deserving.