《利刃出鞘2》即将上影
《利刃出鞘2》（Glass Onion:A Knives Out Mystery）面臨着與成功的前作相比對的挑戰，它保持着剃刀般鋒利的配方，在一系列極其巧妙的轉折開始之前，它的設定更顯着像是阿加莎·克裡斯蒂（Agatha Christie）的緻敬。編劇兼導演裡安·約翰遜（Rian Johnson）再次集結了丹尼爾·克雷格（Daniel Craig）的強大陣容，但正是他對語言的運用——一句話都沒有浪費——最終使續集獲得了優勢。
Netflix機緣巧合地收購了《Knives Out》的特許經營權，并将在12月底推出流媒體服務之前，為這部電影提供為期一周的廣泛上映，這與其一貫的“打擊電影人的自我”影院發行方式不同。大多數人可能仍會在家中舒适地等待着消費，但對于那些敢于冒險的人來說，它肯定會受到欣賞的觀衆的歡迎。
《小刀出擊》中的家庭動态給了每個人殺掉族長的動機，在這部電影中，約翰遜在另一個場景下試着出手，與一位古怪的億萬富翁Miles Bron（愛德華·諾頓飾）一起，邀請他的老朋友們到他僻靜的希臘島上（至少在新冠肺炎期間）參加一場神秘謀殺之旅，在那裡他們将負責解決他的“謀殺案”
Rising to the challenge of matching its successful predecessor, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” maintains the razor-sharp formula, with a setup that feels even more conspicuously like an Agatha Christie homage before an extremely clever series of twists kick in. Writer-director Rian Johnson again assembles a solid cast behind Daniel Craig, but it’s his use of language – where nary a word is wasted – that finally gives the sequel its edge.
Netflix opportunistically stepped up to acquire the “Knives Out” franchise and, departing from its usual “Stroke the filmmakers’ egos” approach to theatrical distribution, will actually give the movie a wide one-week-only release before it hits the streaming service in late December. Most people will probably still wait to consume it in the comfort of their homes, but for those who do take the plunge, it certainly plays well with an appreciative audience.
After the family dynamics in “Knives Out,” which gave everyone a motive to kill off the patriarch, Johnson tries his hand in a different setting, with an eccentric billionaire, Miles Bron (Edward Norton), inviting his old posse of pals to a murder-mystery getaway (during Covid, no less) on his secluded Greek isle, where they’ll be tasked with solving his “murder.”
