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2. The Mona Lisa Gets Destroyed - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion is a tremendously satisfying murder-mystery where the true ruin of the movie's villain isn't their death or incarceration, but the obliteration of their reputation.
Tech-bro hyper-douche Miles Bron (Edward Norton) is ultimately foiled at film's end when Helen Brand (Janelle Monáe) uses Bron's alternate fuel, Klear, against him.
Helen uses the unstable fuel to spark an explosion in Bron's home, before unlocking the protective casing keeping the Mona Lisa - which Bron had on loan from the Louvre - safe.
As such, the Mona Lisa is shockingly burned to a crisp along with Bron's house, ensuring that just as he wished, his name would be forever mentioned in the same sentence as the Mona Lisa, given that he will be credited with the $870 million painting's destruction.
Even though Rian Johnson's film plays a bit of a "Chekov's painting" with the Mona Lisa by introducing it and its protective casing early on, Johnson also does a great job shifting the audience's focus away from it, enough that when Helen finally dives for the control switch, it's a genuine "Holy s**t!" moment.
Though we never get to see the public outrage surrounding the Mona Lisa being barbecued, it's safe to say that Bron would become a laughing stock for the rest of his life, regardless of whether any criminal charges against him actually stuck.