A bland and somber whodunnit

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2020)

Based on an Agatha Christie novel and featuring an impressive ensemble cast, Murder on the Orient Express should have been a thrilling ride. Instead, this movie chugs along the same tracks we've seen before, without any real excitement or cleverness. It also fails to explain how Poirot comes to his conclusions and, therefore, the viewer must assume he just figured it out somehow. This is a bland and somber whodunnit.