David Koepp knows suspense.
The prolific screenwriter has written edge-of-your-seat thrillers for Brian De Palma (“Snake Eyes,” “Mission: Impossible”), David Fincher (“Panic Room”), and Ron Howard (“Angels & Demons,” “Inferno”). He’s also directed a few for himself, including 1996’s excellent “The Trigger Effect.” (He’s also written gargantuan hits like “Jurassic Park,” Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man,” and “War of the Worlds.”)
A new David Koepp thriller is a very big deal indeed, especially if it’s directed by the legendary Steven Soderbergh (who recently said of Koepp, “There’s a reason he’s the most successful screenwriter in history”). And that’s what we’ve got in “Kimi,” a paranoid techno-thriller debuting Thursday on HBO Max.