Knives Out was a great departure for Mystery films and Daniel Craig. Then comes this sequel which seems to leave everything at the train station. Since trains are no longer the principal means of transportation this off the rail sequel would be better off considered a sidetrack.
The biggest asset is the cast, and the main handicap is the plot. It appears to be trying to update Agatha Christie but does not even rise to the level of Jessica Fletcher. While there are a few amusing moments in a confusing opening which does get explained later, overall, this is a real let down. I got the same feeling when the Tonight Show went from Carson to Leno to this sad sack Fallon. The writer of this script must have been trying to make the audience see something they were blind to themselves when they wrote it.
The top moment in this is when Craig utters the line about the whole thing being "stupid." That not only sums it up, but when I heard the line, I realized I had just wasted a Fallon of my time to understand how stupid I am to have kept watching it waiting for a great ending.
The biggest asset is the cast, and the main handicap is the plot. It appears to be trying to update Agatha Christie but does not even rise to the level of Jessica Fletcher. While there are a few amusing moments in a confusing opening which does get explained later, overall, this is a real let down. I got the same feeling when the Tonight Show went from Carson to Leno to this sad sack Fallon. The writer of this script must have been trying to make the audience see something they were blind to themselves when they wrote it.
The top moment in this is when Craig utters the line about the whole thing being "stupid." That not only sums it up, but when I heard the line, I realized I had just wasted a Fallon of my time to understand how stupid I am to have kept watching it waiting for a great ending.