Predictable but nicely old fashioned

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2019)

I love good and twisted Who's done its and that is why I looked especially forward to this one, knowing what a great cast and creative mind like Rian Johnson is behind it.
The result is an entertaining, well acted and directed yet often a bit predictable mystery comedy/thriller. What I hoped more for it, was a more out-of-your-mind twist than the one that was actually coming In the end. Still, it was fun and thats its main purpose.
Daniel Craig made a good detective and added a lot of fun attributes to his character. The true revelation of the film was Ana Da Armas who has been under the radar quite a few years yet but finally gets her big break with a truly scene-stealing performance, especially next to acting heavy weights like Michael Shannon or Christopher Plummer who both did very well, too. Chris Evans was also really outstanding and nicely playing with his image which worked perfectly and hopefully opens up for more dynamic or twisted roles in the future. Jamie Lee Cutis and Toni Collette had some fun moments and you could see that both truly loved playing their roles. Don Johnson and especially Jaeden Martell were the weakest spots of the bunch. The score was nice, and the look in general great. It worked like a traditional film of its kind and played along with all the conventional elements without trying to re-invent them which I liked and was most afraid about.
Like I said, the only thing that I could have hoped for was a less predictable final twist and conclusion. Other than than that undoubtedly a fun movie.