{"id":492191,"date":"2022-09-11T20:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knives-out-sequel-is-a-let-down\/"},"modified":"2022-09-11T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:23:52","slug":"knives-out-sequel-is-a-let-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knives-out-sequel-is-a-let-down\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Knives Out&#8217; sequel is a let-down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dc5c91df48\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dc5c91df48\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knives-out-sequel-is-a-let-down\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Knives_Out_sequel_is_a_let-down%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Knives Out&#8217; sequel is a let-down&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Knives_Out_sequel_is_a_let-down%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Knives Out&#8217; sequel is a let-down&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Has Rian Johnson dunit again?<\/p>\n<p>The sequel to the surprise hit of 2019 \u201cKnives Out\u201d premiered Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival. Called \u201cGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,\u201d the Netflix movie brings back Daniel Craig\u2019s Detective Benoit Blanc and throws him in with an entirely new crew of wealthy eccentrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            movie review        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Running time: 139 minutes. Rated PG-13. On Netflix Dec. 23.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murder. Mayhem. Mediocrity.<\/p>\n<p>Is it funny? Indubitably, my dear watcher. Johnson, who got an Oscar nod for writing the first film, is a very clever scribe and director. After all, he is the same guy who, much to many \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans\u2019 chagrin, wrung a lot of laughs out of \u201cThe Last Jedi.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, what makes you want to draw a chalk outline around \u201cGlass Onion\u201d is our lazily conceived new suspects. They\u2019re well-cast and the actors all do fine comedic work, to be sure, but Johnson drops one defining biographical detail about them at the beginning and never elaborates.<\/p>\n<p>The actors, therefore, play up their own personalities rather than develop memorable characters. Plainly put, they\u2019re bland.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Benoit Blanc is joined by a new group of possible murderers in &quot;Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-23818695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Benoit Blanc is joined by a new group of possible murderers in \u201cGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Wilson\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For example, Kathryn Hahn (trading Agatha All Along for Agatha Christie) plays Claire, the governor of Connecticut. If you walked into the movie 15 minutes late, you\u2019d have no idea she is a powerful politician. Same goes for Leslie Odom Jr.\u2019s Lionel, a brilliant scientist. Once in Greece, he\u2019s no different than any other guy tanning by the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Hudson plays a ditsy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> firebrand named Birdy (she\u2019s been mastering that performance her entire career), and Dave Bautista is Duke Cody, a loud, gun-toting right-wing internet personality with a bikini-clad girlfriend named Whiskey (Madelyn Cline). Janelle Mon\u00e1e, meanwhile, is a secretive interloper named Cassandra who everyone seems to hate and has a mysterious past.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re all summoned to a private Greek island in May 2020 during the pandemic (there are a lot of pandemic jokes here that won\u2019t land in a few years) by their pal Miles Bron (Edward Norton), an Elon Musk-type billionaire innovator who likes to make a splash, for a murder mystery weekend. He calls his oddball group of friends \u201cThe Disruptors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, this film could use with some more disruption.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Miles Bron (Edward Norton) is a billionaire who summons his friends to a Greek Island for a murder mystery weekend. \" class=\"wp-image-23818692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Miles Bron (Edward Norton) is a billionaire who summons his friends to a Greek Island for a murder mystery weekend. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Wilson\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kate Hudson plays a controversial social media user named Birdie  \" class=\"wp-image-23818696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/glass-onion-knives-out-two-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kate Hudson plays a controversial social media user named Birdie  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Wilson\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thankfully adding some panache, Blanc, who\u2019s never met any of these people before, is invited along too.<\/p>\n<p>Once they arrive at the pristine isle, where Bron has built a giant home called the Glass Onion, powered by a controversial and dangerous new energy source, everybody just yells a lot and the film drags on too long for a light comedy. I missed the acidic wit of the first film; I missed Jamie Lee Curtis.\u00a0The reveal isn\u2019t surprising enough.<\/p>\n<p>Craig, funny as ever in this role, gets the bulk of the laughs, and Detective Blanc is the most fascinating part of the movie. Just like in the original, it\u2019s a treat to hear him throw back to seemingly innocuous lines uttered an hour before that told us exactly what was going on. If only we\u2019d listened more closely.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson still does whodunits better than Kenneth Branagh\u2019s horrid Agatha Christie adaptations he keeps torturing audiences with. Yet despite the giggles and the beefier budget \u2014 explosions, an exotic locale, massive sets \u2014 \u201cGlass Onion\u201d comes off slight. <\/p>\n<p>Call it \u201cPlastic Shallot.\u201d\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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