Daniel Craig is plainly having a ball playing detective Benoit Blanc, a character totally opposite of James Bond, finds Mayur Sanap.
Beatles fans may recognise Glass Onion as the not-so-popular track from the 1968 album The Beatles aka The White Album.
Written by John Lennon, the song was indicated to be a saucy potshot at fans who dig method too deep into the band’s lyrics for hidden layers/meanings. The song rubs in the truth that often, there’s nothing deep about the lyrics at all.
This was maybe too amusing for the casual mind of writer-director Rian Johnson who named the sequel to his 2019 movie Knives Out, Glass Onion.
Johnson’s sarcasm grows more powerful and more powerful as the movie advances, resulting in a rollicking good time for the viewers.
With Knives Out, Johnson restored the timeless whodunit and offered it a refreshingly unique modern-day transformation.
With Glass Onion, Johnson dials up on the fun and comedic minutes, keeping the important elements of the secret undamaged. However much like the Beatles tune, absolutely nothing is to be taken seriously as the film plays out for laughs and thrills. And it does so with great charisma.
The movie follows the weekend murder secret celebration on an island owned by megalomaniac billionaire (a deliriously excessive Edward Norton).
Daniel Craig returns as sleek investigator Benoit Blanc, who gets an invite to go to the celebration along with an eclectic group of people that includes a high profile politician (Kathryn Hahn), a funky scientist (Leslie Odom Jr), a pointless Web star (Dave Bautista), and a washed-out supermodel (Kate Hudson).
Also invited is a friend-turned-foe of the host (Janelle Monáe), who has a bone to pick with almost everybody at the celebration.
When the visitors arrive, it soon emerges why they exist and an actual murder is committed.
What follows is an intriguing series of occasions of finger-pointing, exposing tricks and surprise intentions.
Johnson establishes the first half with an absurdist funny tone to develop expectations to knock it down by unanticipated twists and turns.
Not only are we offered an exciting whodunit, however likewise a satisfying funny including stylish antics and clever quips with a scattering of delicious pop-culture referrals.
In addition, Glass Onion serves social hors d’oeuvres, highlighting the egotism, greed and manipulation of the abundant and popular. The secrets and misdirection are enjoyable enough by themselves, however it is the wit and social satire that make Glass Onion such enjoyable.
Daniel Craig is clearly having a ball illustrating a protagonist that is the complete opposite of his James Bond character.
This time, we get to see a bit of backstory to understand Blanc’s numerous character peculiarities.
Janelle Monáe brings her A-game in an incredibly charismatic turn. Hers is probably the only supportive character and she steals every scene she remains in.
Glass Onion is terrific enjoyable for the majority of its 140 minutes, however things get lukewarm towards completion when it attempts to be too smart by a long-drawn-out twist ending.
Knives Out is a delightful franchise and it will be exciting to see what Johnson has in store for Benoit Blanc in the next movie.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Secret streams on Netflix.
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