Directed by : Rian Johnson

It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth. 

Edward Norton, Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr in 'Glass Onion - A Knives Out Mystery'

Spoilers ahead... 


Set in the Covid times, Billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites 5 of his friends Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), Duke Cody (Dave Bautista), Andi Brand (Janelle Monae), Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn) and Lionel Toussaint (Leslie Odom Jr) to his Greek island for a fun weekend involving a murder mystery game where the victim is Miles himself. The catch here is that all these 5 friends got motives to actually really kill him. Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) joins them for ofcourse finding the killer.

Normally this plot would make for a very good suspense whodunnit thriller specially coming from Rian Johnson who impressed a lot in Knives Out. Unfortunately, that never happens in this movie.

The start is very dull where the rich people status and their way of living got to me within few minutes. The first real fun moment comes when Andi tears apart the gift box rather than opening it in the puzzle manner like everyone else irritatingly did before. And with the introduction of Benoit Blanc there's atleast some respite, I love how he pokes fun regularly at the setting of Glass Onion in the Greek Island about how the lifestyle of rich is larger than life.

None of the 5 friends including a good performance from Dave Bautista is engaging enough to keep your attention. All their stories either feels too not my type to or just plain boring. The twist to Andi's story to some extent works but then its totally spoiled by that bizarre silly stupid final act. 

Both Daniel Craig (his accent bothers at times) and Edward Norton do their best to overcome the average writing and screenplay. I feel the whole idea of Miles playing a murder game based on his own murder would had been good to actually take place rather than getting spoiled by Benoit. 

Overall, Glass Onion was a big disappointment. I would rather prefer watching Knives Out again!

My Rating : 4.5/10