A Netflix original from last year & a sequel (they've bought the IP) to Knives Out w/star Daniel Craig returning as ace sleuth Benoit Blanc. This time out Craig invites himself to an exclusive island owned by an Elan Musk type billionaire/inventor, Oscar nominee Edward Norton, who has invited a bevy of his close friends; Kathryn Hahn, Oscar nominee Kate Hudson, Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr. (who already has a whodunit under his belt w/his appearance in Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express), Dave Bautista who brings along a friend, Madelyn Cline (from Netflix's Outer Banks), & Jessica Henwick to participate in a murder mystery (delivered to each attendee in an intricate wooden puzzle box invites). When Janelle Monae, Norton's old partner who he screwed over, shows up on the island the game is on. Rian Johnson stacks his references & his attacks on the idle rich wide & deep (recently passed fellow sleuthers are featured in a zoom call w/Craig; Angela Lansbury from Murder She Wrote who also played Miss Marple & Stephen Sondheim the song master who co-wrote 1973's The Last of Shelia which resembles the framework of this film) which makes for a delicious romp w/Craig having a ball in wardrobe stolen from Charles Nelson Reilly's closet & the stacked cast game for the antics. Also starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Natasha Lyonne as the other 2 zoomers on Craig's call, Yo Yo Ma as one of Hudson's hanger-ons, Ethan Hawke as Norton's assistant, Dallas Roberts as Hahn's hubby, Jackie Hoffman as Bautista's mom, Serena Williams as herself w/a notable romcom giant playing Craig's significant other.