First movie worked because of the chemistry between Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas.

Janelle Monáe - is as wooden as an actress can be. She had a technically complicated role that she mostly failed present. And several fairly important WesAndersonesque scenes which she looked out of place in.

Overall the acting was stellar and the characters had some promise, but not enough to hold the movie on their own and the scenario is too weak to make anything special out of them - which is a common thing about almost every movie across the board nowdays. The feeling reciprocitated by Benoit Blanc in his "dumb" monologue which feels a bit meta.