American detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) was born in 2019 in Rian Johnson’s (Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi) Knives Out. Just before Christmas, Knives Out 2 aka Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, his second case, was released on Netflix.
The crime thriller about the killer party of a super-rich (Edward Norton) boils down to several explosive twists. We explain the ending of Glass Onion and offer an interpretation that really everyone:r inhale should order to advance point to get.
Warning, spoilers follow for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Who is murdered in Glass Onion?
Benoit Blanc must solve two murders in Glass Onion. The first murder we witness is that of Twitch streamers and Men’s Rights activist Duke Cody (Dave Bautista). The gun-crazy muscle man drinks a poisoned Cuban Breeze and dies.
In a flashback, the second murder is revealed. Whose sacrifice is Cassandra “Andi” Brand (Janelle Monáe), the co-founder of tech company Alpha and former business partner of killer party host Miles Bron (Edward Norton). A week before everyone gets their puzzle boxes, Andi is found dead in her house, the police assume she committed suicide. However, her twin sister Helen (also Janelle Monáe) doesn’t believe in it. In order to solve the murder, she travels to Miles’ island with Benoit Blanc and pretends to be Andi.
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Both keep records of the suspects and their motives. Although Benoit Blanc is such a master detective, the killer is missing from this list.
Who is the killer in Knives Out 2?
Because the The killer in Glass Onion is the super rich Miles Bron. He sent two of his former best friends to the afterlife.
What was Miles’ motive for killing Andi? Andi didn’t want Miles to stake the company’s future on an under-researched card: the dangerous hydrogen-based fuel Klear. So Miles seized control of Alpha by testifying in court that he had the idea to start the business. A counterfeit napkin with notes on the idea served as evidence. But Andi found the original with her handwriting in her apartment and threatened to bring Miles down with it.
What was his motive for killing Duke? Duke wanted to stop Andi from taking action against Miles. On the way to her house, the billionaire met him in his sports car. At the party on the island, Duke was the first to see the news of Andi’s death via Google Alert. He puts two and two together: it must have been Miles. Duke blackmails his friend with this knowledge. He really wants a job at Alpha News television.
Why the resolution is so dumb (according to Benoit Blanc)
When Benoit Blanc comes up with this solution in the finale of the Knives Out sequel, he seems disappointed. As we recall, at the beginning of the film, Blanc was sitting in his bathtub, bored, longing for a challenge for his brain cells. And what did he get? A sloppy, partly plagiarized series of murders. Instead of a crime genius (a Moriarty for his Sherlock) he faces a fool. Here’s a short chain of evidence for Miles’ lack of killer IQ:
The killer makes one blunder after another, creating rows of witnesses and the only thing that protects him is his wealth. Miles Bron is a caricature of entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs (Apple) or Elon Musk (Tesla). His phrases are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. They are mistaken for the complex thinking of a genius because he is at the forefront of a successful company. His success is based on the work and ideas of others.
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Glass Onion can also be read as a commentary on the cult surrounding businessman and ex-US President Donald Trump, whose “brilliant stupidity” has been the subject of numerous articles.
What the glass onion has to do with the whole thing
Miles Bron is the eponymous glass onion, a seemingly complex but transparent and profane creature. The film Glass Onion, in turn, resembles its villain. Writer-director Rian Johnson unfolds a highly complex, flashback-filled whodunit whose solution looks insultingly simple.
This also applies to the cast of Edward Norton, who played almost the same role in The Italian Job and revealed himself as the true culprit via twists in two of his most famous films (Twilight and Fight Club). Based on his casting history alone, his character should be the first and only suspect. We see him hand Duke the poisoned jar, but still believe the billionaire. The audience is blinded by tricks like Benoit Blanc by the fortune of Miles Bron.
The meaning of the Mona Lisa at the end of Glass Onion explained
Does that mean we have to burn Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa? Yes, is Helen’s answer. The wealth protects Miles from having his “friends” testify against him.
With his company Alpha, however, he has put everything on the new fuel. He stands or falls with Klear. That’s why Helen lights a fire in the villa powered by the miracle substance, which spreads throughout the property thanks to the hydrogen vapor. It flares up, like the airship powered by a hydrogen filling Hindenburg in 1937.
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Miles could probably cover up this disaster. That’s why Helen goes one step further. What he can’t hide is that Destruction of the most famous painting in the world through its specially created fuel.
Miles doesn’t expect Helen to turn out to be truer “disruptor” proves on the island. While the billionaire and his toadies flirt with breaking the rules, Helen does the unthinkable. It destroys the Mona Lisa, it destroys Miles’ wealth, and it destroys the remaining loyalty of his party guests in the process. The artwork transforms into the key to the Glass Onion ending.
In terms of motif, the Mona Lisa represents that Opposite of a glass onion The painting appears simple at first, but its complexity unfolds on closer inspection. Depending on the perspective, da Vinci’s work means something different to the viewer. It cannot be fully grasped, it remains an enigma created by a real genius. Miles wanted to adorn himself with it, but the Mona Lisa is his undoing.
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