Rian Johnson cut his teeth on the mystery pastiche in the form of the modern noir Brick. Since then, he’s taken on con men (The Brothers Bloom), time travelling assassins (Looper), and a Jedi or two (The Last Jedi).
Then came global success Knives Out in 2019, which launched its own franchise.
The latest instalment Glass Onion is as witty and clever as the first, but this time instead of satirising “old money”, Johnson trains his eye on “new money”, as a long-time group of friends travel to an exclusive (and frankly ridiculous) Greek island owned by a tech billionaire.
Glass Onion is everything you could wish from a sequel and more – peeling through the layers of mystery has rarely been so fun.
Just as Daniel Craig bids farewell to one secret agent, he returns to the screen as another unraveller of