Review | Netflix movie review – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery sees Daniel Craig return as gentleman detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s hugely entertaining whodunit sequel

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, starring James Bond actor Daniel Craig, is a delightful romp and the first sequel to Rian Johnson’s 2019 whodunit Knives Out

A cast of names including Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista and Janelle Monáe join Craig in a story that boasts twists, red herrings, flashbacks and murder suspects

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Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc in a still from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson’s entertaining whodunit sequel to his 2019 film Knives Out.

Published: 6:45pm, 17 Oct 2022

4.5/5 stars

There is no mystery as to why Netflix paid US$450 million for Rian Johnson to write and direct two sequels to his 2019 whodunit Knives Out. It may be an exorbitant sum, but Johnson truly found his groove with a film that introduced the world to his gentleman detective Benoit Blanc, amiably played by Daniel Craig.

Now the first of those sequels, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, is upon us.

Set during the pandemic, Blanc is feeling low without a case to crack. But his blues are soon banished when he receives an invitation to a private Greek island owned by tech titan Miles Bron (Edward Norton), the centrepiece of which is a huge ovular building: the Glass Onion.

On the guest list are the billionaire’s close friends or “disrupters”: fashion model Birdie (Kate Hudson), scientist Lionel (Leslie Odom Jr), YouTuber Duke (Dave Bautista) and politician Claire (Kathryn Hahn). More surprising is the arrival of Andi (Janelle Monáe), Bron’s ex-partner.

Bron has promised a weekend of sun, swimming – and solving of the elaborate parlour game that he promises will be “next level” and involves “my own murder”. But why has Blanc, the world’s most famous detective, been invited when he has no connection to anyone?