IMDb plot summary: Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.
Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, and Kate Hudson.
Glass Onion is the sequel to Knives Out, this time putting detective Benoit Blanc on a remote island attending a tech billionaire's elaborate reunion of old friends, trying to figure out why he was invited. I'm usually not a fan of sequels and how they make complete character arcs incomplete, but since the only recurring character between the two films isn't the one who gets the character arc in the first place, it works just fine. And Rian Johnson's done it again. This is beautifully woven together, so carefully crafted, and it definitely scratches the Agatha Christie itch, even more than many actual adaptations of Christie's work. Even better, though, not only does this have a great sense of humor, but Johnson has now twice ended these movies by centering people who usually get screwed over by the system and giving them a big win, and I love it. It's cozy and deeply artistically satisfying at the same time, which I don't feel like I get all that often, particularly in mystery/crime genres. It's an extremely fun watch and definitely a worthy follow up. I'll be there for every movie in this series as long as Blanc never gets an ongoing storyline. He doesn't need it with such rich ensembles as we've gotten so far.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Glass Onion > Vampyr
Glass Onion > Kuroneko
Glass Onion > The White Tiger
Glass Onion < Deathtrap
Glass Onion < Shaolin Soccer
Glass Onion < Eyes Without a Face
Glass Onion > Never Let Me Go
Glass Onion > The Seventh Continent
Glass Onion > Hook
Glass Onion < RRR
Glass Onion > The Parent Trap (1998)
Final spot: #413 out of 3741, or 89%.
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