Knives Out was a well written, directed, and acted film. It was a tight parlor murder mystery full of twists and turns and kept me guessing. I was hoping the sequel would be more of the same. Nope. It suffers from a severe case of what I call 'Sequelitis'. Directors fall prey to this and go too big and over-the-top with action, locations, and get too cute and gimmicky. The numerous cameos; why? It was a pointless, cheesy and unnecessary distraction that added nothing to the story. Self-indulgent nonsense. Thin story and thinner acting by actors who should have been much better. Frenetic and forced action scenes. Special effects were too big and a poor substitute for good writing. There was no subtlety or real humanity that was shown in the first Knives Out. The whole thing struck me as more cartoonish than a good whodunit. I really like Daniel Craig, but I think he lost the spark of Benoit he had the first film. He was subtle, suave, thoughtful, and insightful in the first film. Not here.