No it isn't as good as the first one but it's still good. I'm picky about things like script and casting and editing - nerdy movie things. Ed Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista and Janelle Monae we're perfectly cast as their characters. I wasn't sure about Janelle - a musician - for the role at first, but she was really good. I deducted one star because I personally did not like Kathryn Hahn as the governor (I can't stand Hahn and I know that is just opinion but I don't understand how she gets all these big roles), the person who played Kate Hudson's assistant (too pretty, just didn't fit the public relations type) and the woman who played Dave Bautista's mom (looks nothing like him). The guy who played the scientist was bland and reminded me of a a Denzel Washington knockoff. The woman who played Dave Bautista's girlfriend was bland too but I think that was the point - sort of a run of the mill attractive reality star type. On the other hand of casting annoyances, why were Ethan Hawke and Hugh Grant underused - they had one line each yet they fit perfectly into this movie as main characters. Maybe the producers and directors are friends with them and they just wanted to invite them to hang in Greece for filming. Whatever. I got excited seeing Ethan and Hugh then poof they were gone. As for the story, Im horrible at figuring out murder mysteries but one point in the storyline didn't make sense and that is how Janelle Monae's character was invited to the island in the first place and why it wasn't questioned at all by the billionaire. Maybe I missed something but that didn't make sense to me. And even watching parts again I didn't see the explanation and it was distracting. Everything else about the movie was great and Daniel Craig is perfect as the detective and his character really holds these movies together. They could easily make more movies like this - they're enjoyable to watch. Good movie overall and I'm glad they ended it with Beatles when the credits played as that was always one of my favorite songs from the White Album.