Director Kenneth Branagh was known for a while in Hollywood as the Shakespeare guy with such critically acclaimed pictures as 1989’s Henry V and 1993’s Much Ado About Nothing. Lately, he’s become a successful commercial director, with 2011’s Thor and Jack Ryan (coming Christmas 2013), which restarts that franchise.
He’s an accomplished director, but my personal favorite of his is definitely 1991’s Dead Again. The movie is an homage to Hitchcock and if you’re a Hitch fan, I expect you’ll find a lot to like about Dead Again. The story switches back and forth between the 1940s and present day, with Branagh and Emma Thompson (his wife at the time) playing dual characters. The plot involves possible past lives and murder. There’s multiple twists and turns in grand Hitchcockian fashion. It’s got a solid supporting cast including Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi, and Robin Williams.
The movie was modest success in the United States, but it was released long ago and you don’t hear much about it anymore. Dead Again is a lot of fun and comes highly recommended, especially for Hitchcock lovers.
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