Mercifully, lightning does strike twice with this delightful sequel to the refreshingly enjoyable Knives Out. A group of people - including detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, being great fun again) - receive puzzle-box invitations to a Greek island for a murder mystery weekend by an eccentric billionaire that plunges them immediately into a ride of games within puzzles within mysteries that is simply great fun to watch throughout. Every element - from dialogue to music to use of camera - is playfully and wittily deployed, and the intricate use of flashbacks and re-telling of scenes from different perspectives are both engaging and entertaining. With a to-die-for cast which is clearly having a ball, Glass Onion is perhaps lighter in tone than the original Knives Out but still light-heartedly entertaining.
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