Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (titled onscreen as simply Glass Onion) is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman.
It is a standalone sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, and the second installment in Knives Out film series.
The movie stars Daniel Craig reprising his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case revolving around tech billionaire Miles Bron (played by Edward Norton) and his closest friends. The ensemble cast also includes Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery
This is the same director who made that very superficial Star Wars movie, isn’t it? I keep hearing good things about him, but that history just makes me suspicious of him.
Imo star wars is the outlier in his work. Looper, knives out, and glass onion are all worth a watch.
Oh yeah, I heard about Looper, I’ma check it out thanks.
Another comment in favor, I don’t care for TLJ but the Knives Out series is fun.
Tangentially, with all those memes about TLJ “subverting expectations,” I was pleased to see that director do whodunnits. A much better use of the phrase!
The 2 Knives out movies are really amazing. It’s clear that he understands and adores the murder mystery genre, and plays around with it in these two movies.
There’s so many subtle things to pay attention to, hints that seem weird or jarring but make absolutely perfect sense in retrospect. The classic big reveal where the detective explains what’s really been going on the whole movie is amazing in both. By the time that reveal happens, if you’ve really been paying attention, you can have the answers to who, how and why already solved and feel proud of yourself (or be like me and only have who and why, but not the how).
Sorry for gushing, but both the Knives Out movies are absolutely must-watch movies if you have even a passing interest in murder mystery fiction.