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Rating: 6/10 (13 February 2018)

Murder on the Orient Express
Most train slayings occur when tramps board a boxcar filled with drunk hobos.
However, the choo choo in this mystery is too ritzy for silly rail yard homicides.
While returning to London aboard the famed Orient Express, the equally eminent Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is propositioned by a fellow passenger (Johnny Depp) looking to hire the detective to protect him for the duration of their journey.
It's not until the man turns up dead does Poirot grasp the seriousness of his offer. Intrigue, as always, he gathers the other passengers/suspects (Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, PenÃ©lope Cruz, Daisy Ridley) and interrogates them.
In the latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunit, Branagh manages to pull off her meticulous sleuth, but stumbles as the film's director. While the reveal is still a classic, the real crime is the underutilized supporting cast.
Sadly, most killers in train related deaths are distracted engineers. Yellow Light
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