Glass Bow: Mystery of Knives contains many holes in his mystery donuts, and his donut holes have holes of their own. In this freshly baked Benoît Blanc adventure, audiences will see a mid-movie twist similar to that of its predecessor. Get knives.

In the original film, the audience is shown the real killer before the middle of the film, which leads them down a completely different path before returning to the original murder, which turns out not to be a murder at all. In a sunny tropical sequel, director Ryan Johnson chose another revelation in the middle of the film - this time around the character of Andi, played by Janelle Monae.

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Andy, whom I betrayed Edward NortonMiles Bron, in a ruthless business deal, surprises the characters by joining them on vacation shortly after a bitter trial, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. The reveal states that Andy had already been killed earlier by Miles, with her identical twin sister Helen taking her place in order to identify the real killer.

Janelle Monáe as Andi on the Glass Onion poster
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Speaking to The Wrap, Johnson admitted he was apprehensive that he went through with what he called a “terrible trope” involving the secret twin before ultimately deciding it was the best way forward.

I think the main thing was that you can’t just look at it from a different angle. There should be enough basic perspective shift to create the new tension that comes with repeating all the different scenes. This led to the idea of ​​twins. Along the way, kicking and screaming, I was dragged to the identical twins. I didn’t want to do it, it seemed like a terrible path. [I thought] Will the audience ever forgive me for this? I think we can get away with it because it’s not like a revelation at the end - it’s a complication in the middle that deepens the stakes and the story.

Today it became known that both glass bow and Get the knives topped the Netflix Top 10 chart, with the former being the most viewed English-language film on the streamer last week. It is currently the streamer’s third most viewed film with 127.25 million hours watched. glass bow just behind red notice from 364.02 million hours and Don’t look up with 359.79 million hours - and that’s just for 10 days. Most likely, Benoit Blanc will become number 1 very soon.

Get the knives and glass bow available right now on Netflix. Watch the Collider interview with director Rian Johnson below.