Rather than worrying about modernizing the text, Branagh gives us a movie that seems from an earlier time. He’ll be tested, however, after boarding the Orient Express in Istanbul after an avalanche strands the train along its route, a passenger is found murdered - leading Poirot to the realization that the killer must be a fellow traveller.Īs with his most lavish Shakespeare adaptations ( Hamlet and Love’s Labour’s Lost), Branagh flaunts a theatrical flair, emphasizing the material’s inherently old-fashioned qualities. Set in 1934, the film stars Branagh as Poirot a sharp, quirky Belgian detective who is supremely confident in his peerless skill at observation and deduction. Here, a star-studded cast including Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley and Michelle Pfeiffer will only sweeten the deal for some audiences, who may gravitate to this Fox offering over frenetic blockbusters such as Thor: Ragnarok.
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Releasing November 3 in the UK and November 10 in America, Murder will benefit from audience familiarity with the Christie novel - to say nothing of its different adaptations, most notably Sidney Lumet’s 1974 film and the 2010 British TV version starring David Suchet. Much of the film’s problems are encapsulated in Branagh’s performance, which is too self-amused to really capture what’s so compelling about one of fiction’s finest crime-fighters. Populated by an international cast packed into stylish costumes amidst a stale air of cosmopolitan sophistication, this stagey mystery lacks the flamboyant electricity and riveting tension that have been the hallmarks of previous versions.
While Murder On The Orient Express may see master detective Hercule Poirot tackle his most challenging case, director-star Kenneth Branagh doesn’t prove comparably formidable, delivering a finely manicured but decidedly uninvolving adaptation of Agatha Christie’s celebrated whodunit.Ĭosmetic changes matter less than the waxwork-like depiction of the train’s passengers
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